Benj. Franklin. [Benjamin Franklin Portrait Engraving]
by [after COCHIN, Charles Nicolas]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Zwickau: b.d. Geb. Schumann, 1822. Platemark: 7¼ x 4;⅞ inches. Sheet size: 9¾ x 7;⅞ inches. Scattered foxing; old annotations in pencil to verso.
Stipple octagon-shaped engraving signed "N. Cochen del. F. Bolt Sc. 1822" and showing Benjamin Franklin with his iconic glasses and coon skin hat; based on Charles Nicolas Cochin's 1777 portrait. "This was probably the first likeness of Franklin taken after his arrival in France. It was certainly by far the most popular. The Canadian fur cap is worn in sturdy independence of fashionable usage, and the Doctor's mouth, and the glance through his spectacles, carry out the idea." (Sellers, Catalogue of the Society's Exhibition of Portraits of Benjamin Franklin, 373)
Not in Weitenkampf. Not in Sellers, Franklin in Portraiture.
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- Bookseller
- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3731358
- Title
- Benj. Franklin. [Benjamin Franklin Portrait Engraving]
- Author
- [after COCHIN, Charles Nicolas]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About the Seller
Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.