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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10977
People
Edward Fisher, British (1730 - c. 1785)
After Mason Chamberlin, British, English (1727 - 1787 London)
Title
Benjamin Franklin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1763
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/257165

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
37.2 x 27.5 cm (14 5/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Inscribed in plate: Sold by M. Chamberlin in Stewart Street, Old Artillery Ground, Spitalfields, Price 5 s-

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii
Standard Reference Number
Sm. 19, Thieme Becker VI, 344

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Harvard University Archives
Accession Year
1944
Object Number
M10977
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), p. 120, no. 36
  • Linda Ayres, Harvard Divided, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1976), pp. 74-75, cat. 34, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975
  • Harvard Divided, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/03/1976 - 10/10/1976

Verification Level

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