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L'Apotre de la liberte immortalise // [The apostle of freedom immortalized].
1790
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Publisher
- [Paris] : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1790]
- People
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- Author
- Montbrun, Barincou
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Symbolism in art
- Death in art
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790—Portraits
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Authors, American—18th century—Portraits
- Diplomats—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Inventors—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Printers—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Publishers and publishing—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Scientists—United States—18th century—Portraits
- United States. Constitution—Signers—Portraits
- United States. Declaration of Independence—Signers—Portraits
- Apotheosis in art
- Serpents in art
- Father Time (Symbolic character) in art
- Personification in art
- Athena (Greek deity)—Art
- Goddesses, Greek, in art
- Hell in art
- Indigenous peoples of North America—United States—18th century—In art
- Indigenous Studies
- Art
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- L'Apotre de la liberte immortalise // [The apostle of freedom immortalized].
- Call Number
- A Middle 40/Drawer 06/GC077/Half Folio/18th c. GA 2012.01431
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc7p88cw96t
- Publisher
- [Paris] : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1790]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1790
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 41.7 x 45 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Stipple engravings
- Depiction: Allegorical portrait of Franklin, pulled toward heaven by a goddess; Father Time holds Franklin's leg, attempting to prevent his ascent; a native American mournfully touches Franklin's jacket; Fame blows a trumpet overhead; Athena weeps; a cenotaph with lightening rod and Franklin's portrait is at far right; serpents appear from the fires of Hell at left.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Compose et execute par Barincou Monbrun".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Symbolism in art
- Death in art
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790—Portraits
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Authors, American—18th century—Portraits
- Diplomats—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Inventors—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Printers—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Publishers and publishing—United States—18th century—Portraits
- Scientists—United States—18th century—Portraits
- United States. Constitution—Signers—Portraits
- United States. Declaration of Independence—Signers—Portraits
- Apotheosis in art
- Serpents in art
- Father Time (Symbolic character) in art
- Personification in art
- Athena (Greek deity)—Art
- Goddesses, Greek, in art
- Hell in art
- Indigenous peoples of North America—United States—18th century—In art
- Indigenous Studies
- Art
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e3b2e5d5-9405-48d5-98e3-6c85fdf6e57a/manifest