Benjamin Franklin - né à Boston, dans la nouvelle Angleterre, le 17 Janv. 1706 / Duplessis pinxit, Parisiis 1778 ; Chevillet sculpsit.

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, in oval on pedestal with poem.

Tiré du cabinet de M. Le Ray de Chaumont &c.
After painting by Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 63.
Exhibited: Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2005.