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Les immortels, Franklin, J.J. Rousseau, Voltaire : aux amis de la vérité, la postérité, reconnoissante
Title
Les immortels, Franklin, J.J. Rousseau, Voltaire : aux amis de la vérité, la postérité, reconnoissante.
Publication
A Paris, rue de Théatre Francois, no 4 : [Cercle Social], [between 1791 and 1793]
Physical Description
1 print : stipple engraving ; 8.0 cm in diameter
Local Notes
BEIN BrSides 2019 338: On sheet 8.0 cm in diameter. Mounted on sheet 34.7 x 26.6 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
BEIN BrSides Box 2019 567: On sheet 11.3 x 8.1 cm. On verso, stamped: E.B.H. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
Notes
Title from caption.
Franklin portrait after a painting by Anna Rosalie Filleul.
Summary
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, J.J. Rousseau, and Voltaire in oval (1.4 x 1.1 cm) portraits arrayed on a pyramidal momument that is flanked by a cherub above (crowning a liberty cap) and a cherub on each side near a torch (writing in a book). All within a circle Franklin's portrait is bust length with body slightly to right, head to left; long, natural hair; wearing open-collared shirt.
Format
Images
Language
French
Added to Catalog
February 06, 2020
References
Fridenberg, R. Catalogue of the engraved portraits of Franklin, Filleul, 321
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portraits.
Stipple engravings.
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