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Franklin
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
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 16, 2019
References
Fridenberg, R. Catalogue of the engraved portraits of Franklin, Cochin, 86
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portraits.
Steel engravings.
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