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Titles: | Portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a Fur Cap Page 278 from Le Plutarque de la jeunesse ou abrégé des vies des plus grands hommes de toutes les nations. Depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours; au nombre de plus de 200, et ornées de leurs portraits. Ouvrage élémentaire, propre à élever l'âme des jeunes gens, et à leur inspirer les vertus utiles à la société, ed. Pierre Blanchard, vol. 4 (Paris: Le Prieur, 1806) |
Date: | Before 1806 |
Artists: | Artist/maker unknown, French After a painting of 1775 by Alexandre Roslin (Linnaeus portrait) (Swedish, 1718–1793) After a paintiing of 1761 by François Hubert Drouais (Bufffon portrait) (French, 1727–1775) After an engraving of 1792 by Pierre-Michel Alix (Mably portrait) (French, 1762–1817) After a painting of 1736 by Jacques-André-Joseph-Camelot Aved (Rousseau portrait) (French, 1702–1766) After a drawing of 1777 by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger (Franklin portrait) (French, 1715–1790) |
Medium: | Engraving |
Dimensions: | Plate: 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches (12.1 x 7 cm) |
Classification: | Prints |
Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1946 |
Accession Number: | 1946-51-135 |
Geography: | Made in Paris, France, Europe |
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