Publication
[New York] : [D. Mallory], [1825]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; 10.7 x 7.0 cm, plate mark 14.1 x 10.0 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Broadsides Box 2019 212: On sheet 23.2 x 14.7 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
Notes
Title from caption.
After drawing by Cochin.
Franklin portrait proof of print issued in Biographia Americana. B.F. French. New York: D. Mallory, 1825.
Summary
Print shows Benjamin Franklin in outline bust portrait three-quarters to right, head toward center, eyes centered, wearing fur hat and spectacles. Vignette over tablet with title; all within a rectangle of four double inner lines and five single outer lines.
Variant and related titles
Benjamin Franklin
Added to Catalog
October 23, 2019
References
Fridenberg, R. Catalogue of the engraved portraits of Franklin, Cochin, 105a