Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Louis Jacques Cathelin|Anne Rosalie Bocquet Filleul|Benjamin Franklin · French|French|American
Date: 1779
Medium: Etching and engraving; second state of two
Dimensions: Sheet: 18 3/16 × 13 1/2 in. (46.2 × 34.3 cm) Plate: 14 5/16 × 10 1/16 in. (36.4 × 25.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Themes: Benjamin Franklin, Men, Portraits
Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Date range
1779 – 1779
Largest dimension
34.3 cm
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