Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

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Nationality: American Abolitionist, Civic activist, Diplomat, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, First president of Academy and College of Philadelphia, Founding Father, Freemason, Humorist, Inventor, Newspaper editor, Philosopher, Political philosopher, Politician, Polymath, Postmaster, Postmaster General British America, President of Pennsylvania, President of the American Philosophical Society, Printer, Scientist, Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly, Statesman, United States Ambassador to France, United States Ambassador to Sweden, United States Postmaster General, Writer

Personal details

Date of birth	17 January, 1706
Place of birth	Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date of death	17 April, 1790
Place of death	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Product description

Dimensions	137 × 100 mm
Artist	Mocquet (fl. 19thC)
After	Pierre Gustave Staal (1817-1882)
Technique	Steel engraving, Stipple engraving
Period	c. 1840
Condition	Good

Condition report

Good condition. Paper slightly soiled in the bottom margin. With a small tear in the bottom right corner. Verso: blank, with traces of former mounting.

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