Benjamin Franklin
Object Details
- Artist
- Johann Martin Will, 1727 - 1806
- Copy after
- Charles Nicholas Cochin, 1715 - 1790
- Sitter
- Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1777
- Object number
- NPG.69.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Medium
- Mezzotint on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 30.1 x 23.5 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/4")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Printed Material\Book
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk
- Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill
- Costume\Headgear\Hat\Fur
- Benjamin Franklin: Male
- Benjamin Franklin: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Government official\Congressman\Continental congressman
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman\Signer of Declaration
- Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Scientist
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Diplomat
- Benjamin Franklin: Social Welfare and Reform\Philanthropist
- Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Inventor
- Benjamin Franklin: Business and Finance\Tradesman\Printer
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.69.30
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm48aaebf4d-9ef5-4309-bc67-fd9844e9d218
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