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Print (Mezzotint)
HIS EXCELLENCY B. FRANKLIN L.L.D. F.R.S. PRESIDENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, & LATE MINISTER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT THE COURT OF FRANCE.
Charles Willson Peale
1787
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Charles Willson Peale (Designer and engraver)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1963.0059 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1963.0059 A
Object Name
Print (Mezzotint)
Title
HIS EXCELLENCY B. FRANKLIN L.L.D. F.R.S. PRESIDENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, & LATE MINISTER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT THE COURT OF FRANCE.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Charles Willson Peale (Designer and engraver)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1787
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower center, within image
Inscription: C.W. Peale pinx.\t et Fecit 1787
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- Benjamin Franklin
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Mezzotint with minimal burin work
Dimensions (inches)
7.2 (H) x 6.2 (W) x 5.1 (Image H) x 4.1 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
18.3 (H) x 15.7 (W) x 13 (Image H) x 10.3 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 6.4 in. (16.3 cm). Plate W: 5.7 in. (14.4 cm). Chain interval: 2.6-2.8 cm; laid line frequency: 8 per cm.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 34, pp.104-105.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 200, p. 305.Book: Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 2423, p. 400.Article: Sellers, Charles Coleman. 1952 "Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 42 (1)
• See pp. 80-82.