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Engraver Thomas B. Welch American
After David Martin British, Scottish
Sitter Benjamin Franklin American
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Title: Benjamin Franklin
Engraver:
Thomas B. Welch (American, Charleston, South Carolina 1814–1874 Paris)
Artist:
After David Martin (British, Anstruther, Fife, Scotland 1736–1798 Edinburgh)
Sitter:
Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
Date: 1835
Medium: Stipple engraving and engraving on chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 13/16 in. (18 × 12.3 cm)
Inset into mounting sheet: 11 5/16 × 7 5/16 in. (28.7 × 18.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Object Number: 83.2.217
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