D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electricitatis periculis clarus.

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• ARTIST: Charles-Nicolas Cochin

• PUBLISHER: Engraved by Johann Elias Haid

• MEDIUM: Mezzotint engraving

  DATE: 1780

• EDITION SIZE: 8 1/8 x 5 3/16" (20.6 x 13.1 cm) plus hairline margins.

• DESCRIPTION: Benjamin Franklin is considered to be one of the greatest of all of our founding fathers. A highly intelligent man, over his lifetime he was an able scientist, a writer, printer and publisher. He was one of the most successful diplomats that the United States ever had. During the Revolutionary War, he acted as American Minister to France, successfully gaining French support for the American cause. He was also the only person who signed all four of the key documents in American history: The Declaration of Independence; The Treaty of Alliance with France; The Treaty of Peace with Great Britain; and The Constitution of the United States. A handsome and scarce mezzotint portrait engraved by Johann Elias Haid (1739-1809). After the painting by Charles-Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790).

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• CONDITION: Good condition. Black & white.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Revolutionary War Figures