(Franklin, Benjamin) — Charles Willson Peale (after)His Excellency B. Franklin L.L.D. F.R.S. President of Pennsylvania, & Late Minister of the United States of America at the Court of France. Philadelphia: 1787 Mezzotint (roundel: 185 x 155 mm). Engraving by Charles Willson Peale after his portrait, mounted on card with hinged mat; marginal repairs, some minor soiling and spotting. In custom clamshell case. A striking portrait of Franklin Peale had executed one portrait of Franklin in 1772. In the autumn of 1785, after Franklin's return from the treaty negotiations in Paris, Peale did another from which this print is drawn. It is the first in an intended series of mezzotints drawn from Peale's portrait gallery. Among the rarest of Franklin portrait prints. REFERENCECelebration of My Country 110; Stauffer 2423; Sellers 280; Shadwell 72
(Franklin, Benjamin) — Charles Willson Peale (after)His Excellency B. Franklin L.L.D. F.R.S. President of Pennsylvania, & Late Minister of the United States of America at the Court of France. Philadelphia: 1787 Mezzotint (roundel: 185 x 155 mm). Engraving by Charles Willson Peale after his portrait, mounted on card with hinged mat; marginal repairs, some minor soiling and spotting. In custom clamshell case. A striking portrait of Franklin Peale had executed one portrait of Franklin in 1772. In the autumn of 1785, after Franklin's return from the treaty negotiations in Paris, Peale did another from which this print is drawn. It is the first in an intended series of mezzotints drawn from Peale's portrait gallery. Among the rarest of Franklin portrait prints. REFERENCECelebration of My Country 110; Stauffer 2423; Sellers 280; Shadwell 72
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