Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.L.

Engraver Engraved and published by Edward Savage American
After David Martin British, Scottish
Sitter Benjamin Franklin American
December 10, 1796
Not on view

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  • Title: Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.L.
  • Engraver: Engraved and published by Edward Savage (American, Princeton, Massachusetts 1761–1817 Princeton, Massachusetts)
  • Artist: After David Martin (British, Anstruther, Fife, Scotland 1736–1798 Edinburgh)
  • Sitter: Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
  • Published in: Philadelphia
  • Date: December 10, 1796
  • Medium: Mezzotint
  • Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed close to plate): 21 3/16 × 15 5/8 in. (53.8 × 39.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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