Title
Franklin / engd. on steel and printed at Pendleton establishment, Boston.
Publication
Boston : Pendleton, [1828]
Physical Description
1 print : steel engraving ; 6.6 x 6.0 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Broadsides Box 2019 170: On sheet 8.4 x 5.7 cm. Mounted on sheet 27.2 x 19.5 cm. On verso, stamped: E.B.H. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
Notes
Title from caption.
After drawing by Cochin.
Detached from: The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin (Boston: Timothy Bedlington,1828). Identical to that in the 1831 edition of Franklin's works published in Philadelphia by Key and Mielke, but this is signed: engd. on steel and printed at Pendleton establishment, Boston. Frontispiece.
Summary
Print shows Benjamin Franklin in bust portrait three-quarters right, head toward center, eyes centered, wearing fur hat and spectacles. Cross-ruled background, double line border.
Variant and related titles
Benjamin Franklin
Added to Catalog
October 16, 2019
References
Fridenberg, R. Catalogue of the engraved portraits of Franklin, Cochin, 86
Genre/Form
Portraits.
Steel engravings.