The image depicts a portrait of a man from the chest up. He is positioned facing slightly to the left, with a direct, level gaze. The man has a distinguished face with a prominent forehead and a gentle expression. His hair is long and gray, curling slightly around the shoulders. He is wearing a red-brown coat with a fur-trimmed collar and a white cravat peeking from underneath. The background is a neutral dark tone, with an oval border framing the portrait against a lighter rectangle that fills the rest of the image. There is text below the image identifying the person as Benjamin Franklin,…
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Benjamin Franklin

and artist Joseph Siffred Duplessis (French, 1725 - 1802)

Jean-François Janinet (French, 1752 - 1814)

1789

Medium
color aquatint
Classification
Print
Dimensions
plate: 41 x 31.5 cm (16 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.) ; sheet: 46.5 x 33.3 cm (18 5/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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