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Franklin

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Date:

[between 1820-1830].

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Item ID number:

2904916

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Date(s):

[between 1820-1830].

Place:

Ludgate Street, & Pall Mall East, London (England):

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : line and stipple engraving
Support 24.400 x 16.600

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cat. 14/4/23, Bust, nearly half length, Although inscription apparently reads "...From an original Picture by J.A. Duplessis...", it is known that Joseph Siffrède Duplessis..." executed a portrait of Benjamin Franklin
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Artist: Duplessis, Joseph-Siffrède, 1725-1802

Depicted: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Engraver: Thomson, James, 1789-1850

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: Inscribed in the print: Engraved by J. Thomson. / Franklin. [underlined] / From an original Picture by J.A. [sic] Duplessis in the possession of Mr. Barnet, / Consul general for the United States of America, at Paris. / Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. / London. Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street, & Pall Mall East.

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Portraits

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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access restricted because of fragility. Consultation requires the assistance of an art archivist

Copy negative [19XX-XXX] C-000246

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada
Copyright: Expired

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