Benjamin Franklin
Artwork Details
- Title: Benjamin Franklin
- Artist: Designed and engraved by Charles Willson Peale (American, Chester, Maryland 1741–1827 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Sitter: Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
- Date: 1787
- Medium: Mezzotint on tan paper
- Dimensions: plate: 6 5/16 x 5 11/16 in. (16.1 x 14.4 cm)
sheet: 7 7/8 x 7 in. (20 x 17.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1894
- Object Number: 94.1.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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