Antique Print-PORTRAIT-BENJAMIN FRANKLIN-Maurin-Duplessis-c.1840

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left.

Made by Antoine Maurin after Joseph-Siffred Duplessis.

Medium: Lithograph on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 26.5 x 33.5 cm (10.43 x 13.19 inch). Image size: 24.5 x 30 cm. (9.65 x 11.81 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Creasing and some foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PORTRAIT-BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | PORTRAIS – MISC

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Antoine Maurin (1793-1860) was a French lithographer.

Biography artist: Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (1725-1802) was a French painter known for the clarity and immediacy of his portraits.