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Louis XVI Extends to Benjamin Franklin the Treaty of Friendship and of Commerce

Attribution: Charles Gabriel Sauvage Lemire, 1741 - 1827
Sitter: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754 - 1793; Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790

Topic: Printed Material\Document\Scroll; Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table; Printed Material\Papers; Costume\Outerwear\Cloak; Benjamin Franklin: Male; Benjamin Franklin: Literature\Writer; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Congressman\Continental congressman; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman\Signer of Declaration; Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Scientist; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Diplomat; Benjamin Franklin: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist; Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Inventor; Benjamin Franklin: Crafts and Trades\Printer; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster; Louis XVI, King of France: Male; Louis XVI, King of France: Rulers and Aristocracy\King\France; Portrait

Credit Line: Owner: Musée National de la Cooperation Franco-Américain du Château de Blérancourt; This record is part of the Catalog of American Portraits, a research archive of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Permission to reproduce images (if available) must be obtained from the portrait owner. Please note that if an owner is listed above, this information may not be current.