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Franklin
Title
Franklin.
Publication
[Venice] : [G. Antonelli], [1839]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; 8.1 x 9.0 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Broadsides Box 2019 348: On sheet 21.1 x 14.6 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
BEIN Broadsides Box 2019 365: On sheet 21.5 x 14.5 cm. On verso, stamped: E.B.H. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
Notes
Title from caption.
After the fur collar painting by Duplessis.
Fridenberg suggests the engraver is Simonetti; etchings of Washington and Adams in same volume have "Simonetti inc" etched below each image.
Issued in Roux de Rochelle. Stati Uniti d'America, traduzione di A.F. Falconetti (Venezia: G. Antonelli, 1839).
Summary
Print shows Benjamin Franklin in bust portrait three-quarters to left, head toward center, long, natural hair, wearing a fur-collared coat.
Variant and related titles
Benjamin Franklin
At head of sheet: 54 Stati Uniti
Format
Images
Language
Italian
Added to Catalog
December 12, 2019
References
Fridenberg, R. Catalogue of the engraved portraits of Franklin, Duplessis, 187
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portraits.
Etchings.
Also listed under
Benjamin Franklin Collection (Yale University. Library)
Italy Venice.
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