File:Franklin-Benjamin-LOC.jpg

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Artist

Original painting:



Description	French portrait painter
Date of birth/death	22 September 1725	1 April 1802
Location of birth/death	Carpentras, near Avignon	Versailles
Work period	1740s-1801
Work location	Carpentras, Lyon, Paris, Rome
Authority control	WorldCat

Engraving: H. B. Hall from the original picture in Passel painted from life by J.A. Duplessis in 1783, and now (1868) in the possession of John Bigelow Esq.

Title

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Date

1868

Medium

engraving

Source/Photographer

Library of Congress LC-USZ62-25564

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