Print (Mezzotint)

  • Title:

    B. Franklin of Philadelphia./ L.L.D. F.R.S.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    James McArdell (Mezzotinter)

    Benjamin Wilson (Painter)

  • Place of Origin:

    London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1761-1761

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (laid)

  • Techniques:

    Mezzotint, Engraving

  • Museum Object Number:

    1987.0509


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1987.0509

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

B. Franklin of Philadelphia./ L.L.D. F.R.S.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

James McArdell (Mezzotinter)
c. 1729-1765

Benjamin Wilson (Painter)
1721-1788

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1761-1761

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; B. Wilson pinx,,\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; J..\s M,,\cArdell fecit.

Subjects

Portrait; Benjamin Franklin

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint, Engraving

Dimensions (inches)

14.3 (H) , 10.3 (W) , 12.1 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

36.3 (H) , 26.1 (W) , 12.1 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

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.

Publication Date

1761

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

"PTOMAS/ FIN/ DANGOUMOIS"

Edition Notes

Only one state recorded.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.