Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Date
1825
Sitter
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790, American) , Politician
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
William Cole, Publisher
After
Charles-Nicolas Cochin (1715 - 1790, French) , Printmaker
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 137mm
height (paper support): 228mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 137mm
height (paper support): 228mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Franklin seated in three-quarter profile to the right as viewed. He wears a fur hat and round spectacles.
Inscribed ‘Doctor Franklin, London: Published by William Cole. 10 Newgate Street. JANY 1825.’
Benjamin Franklin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p21.
Inscribed ‘Doctor Franklin, London: Published by William Cole. 10 Newgate Street. JANY 1825.’
Benjamin Franklin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p21.
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