Benjamin Franklin.

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• ARTIST: Joseph-Silfrede Duplessis

• PUBLISHER: Appeared in Essais Historiques, by Hillard d'Auberteuil. Paris.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving

  DATE: 1782.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 1/8 x 3 3/4" (15.5 x 19.5 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: J. Pelicier, Sculp. <br><br> This portrait is largely based on the 1779 painting by Joseph-Silfrede Duplessis painted in Paris soon after Franklin's arrival. Franklin is depicted, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing fur collar, in oval draped with foliage on pedestal with books, map, eagles, storm clouds and lightning, and with "VIR" carved into the base.<br><br> 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 portrait.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Nicely framed in a black and sanded spandrel molding. Overall framed size 13.25 x 10.5 inches.

• CONDITION: Very good condition.

• REFERENCE: #69 in "The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints: A Checklist of 1765-1790 Graphics in the Library of Congress" by Donald H. Cresswell.

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