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Etched portrait of Benjamin Franklin after the fur-collar portrait by Duplessis
Title
[Etched portrait of Benjamin Franklin after the fur-collar portrait by Duplessis] / etched by Henri Lefort from an original painting by Duplessis presented by Geo. A. Lucas to the W.H. Huntington Collection of Americana Metropolitan Museum of Art. N.-Y.
Publication
[New York?] : [Grolier Club?], [1898?]
Copyright Notice Date
N.Y. [New York] : Grolier Club, 1898
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; 41.2 x 32 cm
Medium
paper
ink
etching
Local Notes
BEIN BrSides Folio 2019 270: On sheet 53.3 x 41.2 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
On recto, upper right: Copyright 1898, by the Grolier Club, N.Y.; lower left: the Grolier Club medallion dated 1898; lower right: facsimile signature: Henri Lefort; lower right: a portrait medallion of Benjamin Franklin after the Nini portrait, "B.Franklin Americain, 1777 / Nini".
Summary
Print shows a bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin etched by Henri LeFort after the Duplessis fur-collar portrait; three-quarters to right, head toward center; long, natural hair; wearing fur-collared coat.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 29, 2022
Subjects
Genre/Form
Portraits.
Etchings.
Also listed under
Benjamin Franklin Collection (Yale University. Library)
United States New York (State) New York.
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