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Portraits of five leading men in the American Revolutionary War
Title
[Portraits of five leading men in the American Revolutionary War] / D. Berger sculps. 1783.
Publication
[Berlin] : [Haude und Spener], 1783.
Physical Description
1 print : engraving ; 9.5 x 6.0 cm, plate mark 11.3 x 8 cm
Local Notes
BEIN BrSides Box 2019 95: On sheet 12.6 x 8.7 cm. On verso, stamped: E.B.H; stamped: Kupferstich-Sammlung der Königl: Museen; stamped: A. III. Vom K. Kupferstichkabinet Berlin veräussert. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
BEIN BrSides Box 2019 96: On sheet 10.8 x 7 cm. On verso, some manuscript notes. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
Notes
Franklin image after drawing by Cochin. Other portraits after drawings by Du Simitière, Copley, and Notté.
Title devised by cataloger.
Five images within single line border.
Issued in: Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, oder Abriss der merkwürdigsten neuen Welt-Begebenheiten enthaltend für 1784 die Geschichte der Revolution von Nord-America (Berlin: Haude und Spener, 1784-1787) opposite page 182.
Summary
Print shows head-and-shoulders portrait of five men. In lower right of image, Benjamin Franklin facing left, head toward center, eyes centered; wearing fur hat and spectacles. Others on sheet: George Washington and Horatio Gates in right profile, and Henry Laurens and John Paul Jones toward center.
Variant and related titles
1. General Washington 2. General Gates 3. Dr. Franklin 4. Präsid Laurens 5. Paul Jones
Format
Images
Language
German
Added to Catalog
September 26, 2019
References
Fridenberg, R. Catalogue of the engraved portraits of Franklin, Cochin, 31
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portraits.
Engravings.
Also listed under
Haude und Spener, publisher.
Benjamin Franklin Collection (Yale University. Library)
Germany Berlin.
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