Title: Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
Object type: Painting
Date: 1778
Artist:  Joseph Siffred Duplessis 
Artist bio: French, Carpentras 1725–1802 Versailles
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Oval, 28 1/2 x 22 7/8 in. (72.4 x 58.1 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Benjamin Franklin, term: Men, term: Portraits