Benjamin Franklin

Engraver Augustin de Saint-Aubin French
Subject Benjamin Franklin American
1777
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 1/8 × 5 7/8 in. (20.7 × 15 cm)
    Sheet: 10 9/16 × 7 3/8 in. (26.9 × 18.8 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of William Henry Huntington, 1883
  • Object Number: 83.2.2024(19a)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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