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Sheet from "Iconographie Instructive" with portrait of Benjamin Franklin

ca. 1827
Not on view
An engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin illustrates this page from Adrien Jarry de Mancy, "Iconographie instructive ou collection de portraits des personnages célèbres de l'histoire moderne, gravées d'après des dessins de M. Devéria et par MM. Allais, Bertonnier, Fontaine, A. Massard, Wedgwood, etc."...1827-29) (An instructive iconography, or collection of portraits of famous people from modern history, engraved after drawings by Mr. Devéria et by Mssrs. Allais, Bertonnier, Fontaine, A. Massard, Wedgwood, etc.). The image is based on a pastel portrait by Duplessis, "the Gray Coat Portrait," ca. 1777-78, now at the New York Public Library (of which there were many later copies).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Sheet from "Iconographie Instructive" with portrait of Benjamin Franklin
  • Author: Adrien Jarry de Mancy (French, 1796–1862)
  • Engraver: Pierre François Bertonnier (French, Paris 1791–after 1848)
  • Artist: After Joseph Siffred Duplessis (French, Carpentras 1725–1802 Versailles)
  • Sitter: Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
  • Publisher: Rignoux, Paris
  • Date: ca. 1827
  • Medium: Letterpress and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 6 3/4 in. (24.6 × 17.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of William Henry Huntington, 1883
  • Object Number: 83.2.2024(32)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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