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Benjamin Franklin [copy 1].
1898
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Metadata
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1898.
- People
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- Related Name
- Duplessis, Joseph Siffred, 1725-1802
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Inventors—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Printers—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Scientists—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Diplomats—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790—Portraits
- Authors, American—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Publishers and publishing—United States—18th century—Portraits
- United States. Constitution—Signers—Portraits
- United States. Declaration of Independence—Signers—Portraits
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin [copy 1].
- Call Number
- A Middle 40/Drawer 07/GC077/Half Folio/19th c. GA 2012.01475
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc3j333g63p
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1898.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1898
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 59.4 x 47 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Drypoints
- Depiction: Bust portrait, 3/4 right profile of Franklin, gazing out past viewer.
- Dedication in pencil, lower right: "To my friend Laurence Hutton [illegible] John W. Aitken".
- Signed in plate, lower center: "Etched by Henri Lefort".
- Signed in plate, lower center: "From an original painting by Duplessis presented by Geo. A. Lucas to the W.H. Huntington Collection of Americana, Metropolitan Museum of Art - N - Y".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Henri Lefort".
- Signed in plate, upper left: "Copyright 1898, by the Grolier Club, N.Y.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Inventors—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Printers—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Scientists—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Diplomats—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790—Portraits
- Authors, American—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Publishers and publishing—United States—18th century—Portraits
- United States. Constitution—Signers—Portraits
- United States. Declaration of Independence—Signers—Portraits
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a8511f74-5cbe-4ee3-aad3-24a294b87824/manifest