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Benjamin Franklin, ne a Boston le 17 Janvier 1706 // [Benjamin Franklin, born in Boston January 17, 1706].
1739-1804
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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
- Lapidus 4.51f
- E East 46/GC077/Box 08/Normal/18th c./Artists C-De GA 2012.00201
- Publisher
- Paris : [s.n.], n.d.
- People
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- Related Name
- Filleul, Anne Rosalie, 1752-1794
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790—Portraits
- Inventors—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Printers—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Scientists—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Diplomats—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Authors, American—18th century—Portraits
- 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, ne a Boston le 17 Janvier 1706 // [Benjamin Franklin, born in Boston January 17, 1706].
- Call Number
- Lapidus 4.51f
- E East 46/GC077/Box 08/Normal/18th c./Artists C-De GA 2012.00201
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dctm70n7518
- Publisher
- Paris : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1739-1804
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 35.7 x 25.7 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Ex copy, Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2010.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Half-length portrait of Franklin seated, wearing casual clothing and a fur trimmed robe, gesturing to a document in front of him labeled "Philadelphia", his glasses resting on the document.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Peint par Madame Filleul".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Grave par Cathelin, Graveur du Roi".
- Signed in plate, below: "A Paris chez M. Boquet rue Comtesse d'Artois vis-à-vis celle mauconseil".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790—Portraits
- Inventors—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Printers—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Scientists—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Diplomats—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Authors, American—18th century—Portraits
- 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
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/896855ed-350f-4899-b8dc-2200de216cee/manifest