Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13880

    Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

    Date
    ca. early 19th century
    Sitter
    Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790, American) , Politician
    Creator
    Ambroise Tardieu (1788 - 1841, French) , Engraver
    After
    Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1725, French) , Printmaker
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 224mm
    width (print): 138mm
    height (paper support): 228mm
    width (paper support): 152mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Franklin inclined to the left as viewed. He wears fur-trimmed jacket and necktie. In an oval frame.

    Inscribed ‘Dessine d’après le portrait peint par Duplesis à Paris en 1778, et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (Physicien et Philosophe,) Membre de la société royale de Londres. Né à Boston (Etats unis d’Amerique) le 17 Jenvier 1706. Mort à Philadelphie le 17 Avril 1790.'

    Benjamin Franklin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756.
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