A. Benjamin Franklin. Docteur en Medicin. Ne a Boston Capitale de la Province de Massachusset en Amerique le 17 Janvier 1706.

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• ARTIST: P. Maren

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: c. 1775.

• EDITION SIZE: Plate size 7 1/2 x 5" (18.8 x 12.7 cm) including decorative border.

• DESCRIPTION: Engraved by Pierre Adrien Le Beau. With inscription: "Sa Vertu son Courage et sa Simplicite/ De Sparte ont retrace le Caractere Antique/ Et Cher a la raison cher a l'Humanite/ Il Ectaira l'Europe et sauna l'Amerique."<br><br> Oval bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin, set in an ornamental rectangular frame, decorated with a globe, ink pot and quill, olive branches, and several books, including an open book with "Pro Patria" inscribed on the pages.

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• CONDITION: Good condition.

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