Object Number 1980.0216

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

James Akin (Engraver)
c. 1773-1846

Jean-Jacques Caffiéri (Sculptor)
1725-1792

William Duane (Publisher)
1760-1835

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1809

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; J. Akin Sc. Philad.\a
2. Inscription; Bottom center; Published by W.\m Duane Philadelphia, 1809

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched

Dimensions (inches)

9.1 (H) , 5.7 (W) , 5 (Image H) , 3.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

23 (H) , 14.6 (W) , 5 (Image H) , 3.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at top. Plate H: 5.9 in. (15.0 cm). Plate W: 4.57 in. (11.62 cm). Chain interval: 3.2 cm; laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Duane, William

Publication Date

1809

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Frontispiece from Benjamin Franklin and William Templeton Franklin, Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., 6 vols. (Philadelphia: William Duane, 1809-18).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Quimby, Maureen O'Brien. 1972 "The Political Art of James Akin". Winterthur Portfolio. 7: 59-112.
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