Object Number 1980.0215

Object Name

Print (Line engraving)

Title

B. FRANKLIN, L.L.D. F.R.S.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Samuel Hill (Engraver)
c.1766-1803

Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews (Publisher)
1789-1804

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1790-1790

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center above image; N.\o V.] Massachusetts Magazine, [VOL.II.

Subjects

Book illustration; Portrait; Benjamin Franklin

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched

Dimensions (inches)

8.3 (H) , 5.2 (W) , 3.8 (Image H) , 3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.1 (H) , 13.2 (W) , 3.8 (Image H) , 3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W near top. Plate H (at left): 6.66 in. (16.92 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 4.6 in. (11.7 cm). Chain interval: 2.7-2.8 cm; laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews

Publication Date

05//1790

Place of Publication

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Published in the Massachusetts Magazine, May 1790, vol. II, no. 5 (Boston, Printed by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews [etc.] 1789-1796).

Object Description

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