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Engraver Johann Elias Haid German
After Benjamin Wilson British
Sitter Benjamin Franklin American
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Title: D. Benjamin Franklin
Engraver:
Johann Elias Haid (German, Augsburg 1737–1809 Augsburg)
Artist:
After Benjamin Wilson (British, Leeds 1721–1788 London)
Sitter:
Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
Published in: Augusburg
Date: 1778
Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Plate: 8 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (22.3 × 14 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/16 × 7 7/16 in. (26.5 × 18.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.284
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