Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
A half-length portrait of Franklin in a plain coat, turned left, facing front, within a decorative frame. Based on a pastel portrait, "the Gray Coat Portrait," ca. 1777-78, now at the New York Public Library (of which there were many later copies).
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
- Artist: After Joseph Siffred Duplessis (French, Carpentras 1725–1802 Versailles)
- Sitter: Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
- Date: 1780–1820
- Medium: Engraving on chine collé
- Dimensions: Image (portrait and frame): 4 in. × 7 1/16 in. (10.2 × 18 cm)
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 6 7/8 in. (27 × 17.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of William Henry Huntington, 1883
- Object Number: 83.2.2024(38)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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