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Engraved and published by Edward Savage American
After David Martin British, Scottish
Sitter Benjamin Franklin American
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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, 1706–1790)
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
Accession Number: 24.90.6
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