Object Number 1973.0202

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

BENJAMIN/ FRANKLIN./ Né a Boston le 17 Janvier 1706.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Jean-François Janinet (Aquatinter)
1752-1814

Joseph Siffrid Duplessis (Painter)
1725-1802

Place of Origin

Paris, France, Europe

Date

1789

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; F. Janinet sculp. 1789.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Aquatint, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Construction Description

Executed in aquatint and roulette-crayon technique.

Dimensions (inches)

12.8 (H) , 9 (W) , 11.91 (Image H) , 8.25 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

32.6 (H) , 22.9 (W) , 11.91 (Image H) , 8.25 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H and W at center. Plate measurements not available. Chain intervals: 4.3 cm; laid lines 6 per cm.

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 84, p. 136.