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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9385
People
Justus Chevillet, French (1729 - 1802)
After Joseph Siffred Duplessis, French (Carpentras, France 1725 - 1802 Versailles, France)
Title
Benjamin Franklin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1778
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/270496

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 26.5 × 17.5 cm (10 7/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Plate: 30.5 × 20.5 cm (12 × 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 38 × 27.5 cm (14 15/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. William Simes, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol. IV, no. 43, p. 358

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Simes
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
M9385
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. 123, no. 45

Exhibition History

  • Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975

Verification Level

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