Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia

B. Franklin of Philadelphia L.L.D. F.R.S.
Title: B. Franklin of Philadelphia L.L.D. F.R.S. / M. Chamberlin pinxt. ; E. Fisher fecit.
Creator(s): Fisher, Edward, 1730-ca. 1785, engraver
Related Names:
Chamberlin, Mason, d. 1787 , artist
Date Created/Published: [between 1763 and 1785]
Summary: Print shows Benjamin Franklin, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, looking to his right at an electrical device, in his left hand are papers upon which he is taking notes, and visible through a window to his left is lightning striking a building.
Notes:
Title from item.
Library has two impressions: lettered (PGA - Fisher B. Franklin...); and proof before letters (FP - XVIII - F533, no. 1), including text on papers held by Franklin [Benjamin Franklin dans son cabinet].
PGA print in Tissandier Collection (Library of Congress).
Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection (Library of Congress).
Hubbard, p. 115 (proof before letters)
Le Blanc, 10
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. 58 (proof before letters).
PGA - Fisher B. Franklin Exhibited: Benjamin Franklin In His Own Words, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2005.
FP - XVIII - F533, no. 1 Exhibited: Ben Franklin's Curious Mind, Bruce Museum of Arts and Sciences, Greenwich, Connecticut, 2006.
DCRM(G) example, 1A2.2, name information as title
Subjects:
Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790.
Mezzotints--1760-1790.
Portrait prints--1760-1790.
Proofs before letters--1760-1790.
Bookmark /2003674083/
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