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Charles Turner British
after Mason Chamberlin British
Not on view
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, seated at a desk, holding paper in his left hand and a quill pen in his right.
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Title: Benjamin Franklin
Artist:
Charles Turner (British, Woodstock, Oxfordshire 1774–1857 London)
Artist:
after Mason Chamberlin (British, baptized London, 1722–1787 London)
Date: 1790–1840
Medium: Mezzotint; second state of two
Dimensions:
Image: 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (14 × 10.8 cm)
Sheet (trimmed within plate): 7 5/16 × 4 1/2 in. (18.6 × 11.4 cm)
Mount: 9 1/2 in. × 6 in. (24.1 × 15.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Accession Number: 24.90.285
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