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Poor Richard illustrated : lessons for the young and old on industry, temperance, frugality &c. by Benjamin Franklin
Title
Poor Richard illustrated : lessons for the young and old on industry, temperance, frugality &c. by Benjamin Franklin / engraved by O. Pelton.
Publication
Boston : T.O.H.P. Burnham, 1887.
Copyright Notice Date
©1887
Physical Description
1 print : engraving ; 43.0 x 59 cm, plate mark 49.7 x 64 cm
Local Notes
BEIN BrSides Double Folio 2019 162: On sheet 59.0 x 79.6 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
Notes
Title from caption above image.
Summary
Twenty four vignettes illustrating proverbs written by Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard's almanack. Between the vingettes are decorations with oak leaves and acorns. At center is a bust length portrait (11.0 x 9.5 cm) of Benjamin Franklin with his birth and death dates surrounding the portrait: B. Franklin, L.L.D. and F.R.S. Born Boston, Jany. 17th, 1706. Died at Philada. Aprl. 17th, 1790.
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Images
Added to Catalog
September 15, 2021
References
Fridenberg, R. Catalogue of the engraved portraits of Franklin, Duplessis, 234c
Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography, 216
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Portraits.
Engravings.
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