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Louis Jacques Cathelin and Anne-Rosalie Bocquet Filleul

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1778

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Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1778

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 330 × 235 mm. (13 × 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.4357

Inscribed: Reco: in plate: "Benjamin Franklin né à Boston le 17 janvier 1706 - eripuit cœlo fulmen sceptrum que tyrannis"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Louis Jacques Cathelin

1737–1803

French, 1738-1804
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