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Benjamin Franklin, ne a Boston dans la Nouvelle Angleterre, le 17 Janvier 1706 // [Benjamin Franklin, born in Boston in New England, January 17, 1706].
1748-1799
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Call Number
- E East 46/GC077/Box 10/Normal/18th c./Artists H-Le GA 2012.00252
- Publisher
- Paris : [s.n.], n.d.
- People
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- Related Name
- Deshays, Jean Baptiste Henri, 1729-1765
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790—Portraits
- Inventors—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Printers—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Publishers and publishing—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Diplomats—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Scientists—United States—18th century—Portraits
- United States. Constitution—Signers—Portraits
- United States. Declaration of Independence—Signers—Portraits
- Authors, American—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin, ne a Boston dans la Nouvelle Angleterre, le 17 Janvier 1706 // [Benjamin Franklin, born in Boston in New England, January 17, 1706].
- Call Number
- E East 46/GC077/Box 10/Normal/18th c./Artists H-Le GA 2012.00252
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcwm118232k
- Publisher
- Paris : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1748-1799
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 26 x 21.7 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Bust portrait, left profile of Franklin wearing hat, gazing out past viewer.
- Inscribed, in plate, below: "a Paris chez Esnauls & Rapilly, rue St. Jaques a la Ville de Coutances. A.P.D.R.".
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Deshays del.".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "le Beau scul.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790—Portraits
- Inventors—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Printers—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Publishers and publishing—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Diplomats—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Scientists—United States—18th century—Portraits
- United States. Constitution—Signers—Portraits
- United States. Declaration of Independence—Signers—Portraits
- Authors, American—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
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/4d16c239-40eb-428a-8d45-a0217a3e2db5/manifest