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D. Benjamin Franklin : et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electricitatis periculis clarus
Title
D. Benjamin Franklin : et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electricitatis periculis clarus / J. Elias Haid sculp., 1780.
Publication
[Germany] : [publisher not identified], 1780.
Physical Description
1 print : mezzotint ; 20.7 x 14 cm, plate mark 22.5 x 14 cm
Local Notes
BEIN BrSides Box 2019 130: On sheet 23.7 x 15.4 cm. On verso, stamped: E.B.H. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
BEIN BrSides Box 2019 131: On sheet 22.0 x 14.3 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
Notes
Title from caption.
After drawing by Cochin.
Summary
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing fur cap and spectacles, medallion on pedestal.
Format
Images
Language
Latin
Added to Catalog
October 07, 2019
References
Fridenberg, R. Catalogue of the engraved portraits of Franklin, Cochin, 56
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portraits.
Mezzotints.
Also listed under
Benjamin Franklin Collection (Yale University. Library)
Germany.
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