Benjamin Franklin - né a Boston, le 17 Janvier 1706 / dessiné par Desrais ; gravé par la Cite. Montaland.

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval.

Caption continues: Imprimeur; fondateur de la République des Etats unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale - mort à Philadelphie en 1790.
Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
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. 79.