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Print (Engraving)
Benjamin Franklin L.L.D./ Envoy from the American Congress to the French Court.
Mason Chamberlain
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Mason Chamberlain (Painter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1980.0217
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1980.0217
Object Name
Print (Engraving)
Title
Benjamin Franklin L.L.D./ Envoy from the American Congress to the French Court.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Mason Chamberlain (Painter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Subject(s)
- Book illustration
- Portrait
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Engraved
- Etched
Dimensions (inches)
7.9 (H) x 4.83 (W) x 5.3 (Image H) x 4.12 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20.1 (H) x 12.26 (W) x 13.5 (Image H) x 10.46 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at center. W at bottom. Plate H: 6.9 in. (17.5 cm). Plate W: 4.43 in. (11.26 cm). Chain interval: 2.8 cm; laid lines per cm not measured.
Edition State
II
Edition Watermark
none
Edition Notes
Richard McArdell prepared a mezzotint of Chamberlain's 1762 portrait of Franklin, and it is probably McArdell's print that served as the direct source for this plate, which first appeared in William Russell, History of America (London: Printed for Fielding and Walker, 1778). This is a second state of the plate subsequently copied for printing in An Impartial History of the War in America (specific edition not known). The first state is without background detail.