B. Franklin of Philadelphia./ L.L.D. F.R.S.
Prints and Maps
James McArdell (Mezzotinter)
Benjamin Wilson (Painter)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1761-1761
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint, Engraving
1987.0509
Object Number1987.0509 |
Print (Mezzotint)
B. Franklin of Philadelphia./ L.L.D. F.R.S.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap
James McArdell (Mezzotinter)
c. 1729-1765
Benjamin Wilson (Painter)
1721-1788
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1761-1761
1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; B. Wilson pinx,,\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; J..\s M,,\cArdell fecit.
Portrait; Benjamin Franklin
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint, Engraving
14.3 (H) , 10.3 (W) , 12.1 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)
36.3 (H) , 26.1 (W) , 12.1 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H: 13.9 in. (35.2 cm). Plate W: 9.8 in. (25.0 cm). Chain intervals: 2.6-2.7 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.
1761
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
I
"PTOMAS/ FIN/ DANGOUMOIS"
Only one state recorded.
Text available soon.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 105, p. 42.
[Book] Smith, John Chaloner. 1884 British Mezzotinto Portraits; Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present century. 2. 461-940.
• Print listed as no. 73, p. 862.
[Book] Sellers, Charles Coleman. 1962 Benjamin Franklin in Portraiture.
• See pp. 54-55, 331-32, and Pls. 2, 3 on pp. 409-14.