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On Display: House - Franklin Parlor
Print (Mezzotint)
B. Franklin of Philadelphia./ L.L.D. F.R.S.
James McArdell, Benjamin Wilson
1761-1761
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
James McArdell (Mezzotinter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1987.0509
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap
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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 - Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr. Collection
Creator (Role)
James McArdell (Mezzotinter); Benjamin Wilson (Painter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1761-1761
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left beneath image
Inscription: B. Wilson pinx,,\t
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right beneath image
Inscription: J..\s M,,\cArdell fecit.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- Benjamin Franklin
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Mezzotint
- Engraving
Dimensions (inches)
14.3 (H) x 10.3 (W) x 12.1 (Image H) x 9.8 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
36.3 (H) x 26.1 (W) x 30.7 (Image H) x 25 (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.
Publisher Date
01/01/1761
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Edition State
I
Edition Watermark
"PTOMAS/ FIN/ DANGOUMOIS"
Edition Notes
Only one state recorded.
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 fall meeting of the Walpole Society selected from the collection of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 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.