Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Augustin de Saint-Aubin|Charles Nicolas Cochin II|Benjamin Franklin · French|French|American
Date: 1777
Medium: Etching; first state of five (Bocher)
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 5 13/16 in. (28.4 × 14.8 cm) Plate: 11 × 8 1/8 in. (28 × 20.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Themes: Benjamin Franklin, Portraits
A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1986
Date range
1777 – 1777
Largest dimension
20.7 cm
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