ARTIST: Anne Rosalie Filleul
MEDIUM: Aquatint and line engraving.
DATE: Undated, c. 1785
EDITION SIZE: Oval image size 7 1/8 x 6 1/8" (18 x 15.5 cm)
DESCRIPTION: No artist, engravers or publishers name given.<br><br> Based on the original painting by Anne-Rosalie Bocquet Filleul painted this portrait of Benjamin Franklin when the two were neighbors in Passy, just outside Paris. That artist and sitter knew each other socially is evident in this casual portrait. Wearing an open-necked shirt and a green, fur-lined dressing gown, Franklin reveals a friendly and slightly vulnerable side, despite his position then as US ambassador to France.
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CONDITION: Very good condition, minor surface staining.
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