Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse French

Lithographer Charles Motte French

Sitter Benjamin Franklin American

1826

Not on view

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Title: Benjamin Franklin
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse (French, Corbeil (Essonne) 1784–1844 Paris)
Lithographer: Charles Motte (French, 1784–1836)
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
Date: 1826
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 20 5/8 × 13 13/16 in. (52.4 × 35.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Object Number: 83.2.224
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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