Benjamin Franklin / J. Pelicier sculp. 1782.
Summary
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing fur collar, in oval draped with foliage on pedestal with books, map, eagles, storm clouds and lightning, and with "VIR" carved into the base.
Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, / par M. Hilliard d'Auberteuil .... A Bruxelles : 1782, v. 3 (atlas of plates, ports., ...), p. [13].
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. 69.
Tags
Date
1700 - 1800
Contributors
Pélicier, J., active 1780-1790, etcher
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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