Haid, Johann Elias,, 1739-1809,, engraver.
D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electricitatis periculis clarus
1780.
1 print : mezzotint.
Notes:
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing fur cap and spectacles, medallion on pedestal.
Title from item.
After portrait by Cochin.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 66.
Exhibited: Ben Franklin's Curious Mind, Bruce Museum of Arts and Sciences, Greenwich, Connecticut, 2006.
Subjects:
Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790.
Format: Portrait prints--1780.
Mezzotints--1780.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.09853
Call Number: PGA - Haid--D. Benjamin Franklin ...
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The Library of Congress
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