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Allegorical fire-fighting vignette with bust of Benjamin Franklin
Title
[Allegorical fire-fighting vignette with bust of Benjamin Franklin].
Publication
[Philadelphia? : [publisher not identified], [between 1830 and 1860?]
Physical Description
1 print : engraving ; 52.2 x 42 cm
Medium
paper
ink
engraving
Local Notes
BEIN BrSides Folio 2019 264: On sheet 55.1 x 42.0 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Letters on banner within image: Fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire.
Summary
Allegorical fire-fighting vignette with bust of Benjamin Franklin within oval (3.6 x 3.0 cm) after the portrait by Duplessis; figure of lberty on left; figure of a firefighter on right; in center architectural frame with upper image of firefighter rescuing woman and child from burning interior and lower image of firefighters and equipage in city street.
Variant and related titles
Fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 08, 2022
References
Fridenberg, R. Catalogue of the engraved portraits of Franklin, 202
Subjects
Genre/Form
Engravings.
Portraits.
Also listed under
Benjamin Franklin Collection (Yale University. Library)
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
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