Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

After Joseph Siffred Duplessis French
Sitter Benjamin Franklin American

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A half-length portrait of Franklin in a plain coat, turned left, facing front, within a decorative frame. Based on a pastel portrait, "the Gray Coat Portrait," ca. 1777-78, now at the New York Public Library (of which there were many later copies).

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, After Joseph Siffred Duplessis (French, Carpentras 1725–1802 Versailles), Engraving on chine collé

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