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Engraver Augustin de Saint-Aubin French
After Charles Nicolas Cochin II French
Subject Benjamin Franklin American
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Title: Benjamin Franklin
Engraver:
Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1736–1807 Paris)
Artist:
After Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris)
Subject:
Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
Date: 1777
Medium: Etching and engraving on chine collé, proof before publication line
Dimensions:
Plate: 8 13/16 × 5 7/8 in. (22.4 × 15 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 7 3/16 in. (28.5 × 18.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of William Henry Huntington, 1883
Object Number: 83.2.2024(19b)
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