Benjamin Franklin. Ministre plenipotentiare des Etats Unis

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• ARTIST: Joseph-Silfrede Duplessis

• MEDIUM: Engraving

  DATE: Undated. c. 1817

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 5 1/2 x 3 11/16" (14 x 9.3 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: .Fr. Janet sc. (Engraver)<br><br> Oval bust portrait of Franklin wearing his signature fur coat and facing left. “The great ‘Fur Collar’ portrait was repeatedly copied, both for the likeness of Franklin and as the chef d’oeuvre of a master portraitist.” (Sellers)<br><br> This portrait appeared as a preface plate in "Correspondance Inedite Et Secrete Du Docteur B. Franklin V1: Ministre Plenipotentiaire Des Etats-Unis D'Amerique Pres La Cour De France."

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition save for some occasional minor fox marks.

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