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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin
Artist
Edward Fisher, 1722 - 1785
Copy after
Mason Chamberlin, 1727 - 1787
Sitter
Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Date
1763
Type
Print
Medium
Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions
Image: 34.9 x 27.7cm (13 3/4 x 10 7/8")
Sheet: 39.4 x 27.9cm (15 1/2 x 11")
Mat: 71.1 x 55.9cm (28 x 22")
Topic
Printed Material\Document
Interior\Interior with Exterior View
Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill
Equipment\Laboratory Equipment
Nature & Environment\Storm
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
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.70.66
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view
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