M10977: Benjamin Franklin

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

Permissions

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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

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