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Designed and engraved by Charles Willson Peale American
Sitter Benjamin Franklin American
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Title: Benjamin Franklin
Artist:
Designed and engraved by Charles Willson Peale (American, Chester, Maryland 1741–1827 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Sitter:
Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
Date: 1787
Medium: Mezzotint on tan paper
Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate): 6 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (16.2 x 13 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.52
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