Artist: Joseph Siffred Duplessis, Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Siffred Duplessis (22 Sep 1725 - 1 Apr 1802)

c. 1785

Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
Stretcher: 72.4 x 59.7 x 3.8cm (28 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 1 1/2")
Culture
Europe
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery
Credit line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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About this work

Born Boston, Massachusetts