Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 9/16 × 11 7/8 in. (42 × 30.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Henry Huntington, 1883
Accession Number
83.2.2023(8)
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Art Historical Context
This lithograph, *Portrait of Benjamin Franklin*, the iconic likeness of one of America's Founding Fathers, produced between 1818 and 1848. Created as a print in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings Prints department, it measures 16 9/16 × 11 7/8 inches and was generously gifted by William Henry Huntington 1883. The draws from earlier portraits, notably associating with Joseph Siffred Duis, a French painter known for his elegant depictions of Enlightenment figures, while lithographers like Auguste Toussaint Lecler, Rosselin, and Auguste Bry contributed to its reproductio...
About the Artist
Benjamin Franklin|Joseph Siffred Duplessis|Auguste Toussaint Lecler|Rosselin|Auguste Bry (American|French) · 1706 |1725 –1790 |1802
American, 1706–1790|French, Carpentras 1725–1802 Versailles