Benjamin Franklin
Issued exclusively to members of the Bibliophile Society of Boston. Small remarque of Franklin in a fur hat at lower left of margin. This print is the original signed version, for the cancelled plate, see 41.71.11.
Artwork Details
- Title: Benjamin Franklin
- Artist: William Harry Warren Bicknell (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1860–1947 Winchester, Massachusetts)
- Sitter: Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
- Publisher: Privately published by The Bibliophile Society (American, established 1901, active through late 1930s)
- Date: ca. 1910
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 20 7/16 × 14 3/4 in. (51.9 × 37.4 cm)
Plate: 15 13/16 × 12 1/2 in. (40.1 × 31.7 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 41.71.10
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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