Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Benjamin Franklin|Charles Willson Peale
Artist bio: American, 1706–1790|American, Chester, Maryland 1741–1827 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Artist role: Sitter|Artist
Artist nationality: American|American
Date: 1787
Medium: Mezzotint on tan paper
Dimensions: plate: 6 5/16 x 5 11/16 in. (16.1 x 14.4 cm)
sheet: 7 7/8 x 7 in. (20 x 17.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1894
Accession year: 1894