Sheet from "Iconographie Instructive" with portrait of Benjamin Franklin ca. 1827 Adrien Jarry de Mancy An engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin illustrates this page from Adrien Jarry de Mancy, "Iconographie instructive ou collection de portraits des personnages célèbres de l'histoire moderne, gravées d'après des dessins de M. Devéria et par MM. Allais, Bertonnier, Fontaine, A. Massard, Wedgwood, etc."...1827-29) (An instructive iconography, or collection of portraits of famous people from modern history, engraved after drawings by Mr. Devéria et by Mssrs. Allais, Bertonnier, Fontaine, A. Ma
Sheet from "Iconographie Instructive" with portrait of Benjamin Franklin ca. 1827 Adrien Jarry de Mancy An engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin illustrates this page from Adrien Jarry de Mancy, "Iconographie instructive ou collection de portraits des personnages célèbres de l'histoire moderne, gravées d'après des dessins de M. Devéria et par MM. Allais, Bertonnier, Fontaine, A. Massard, Wedgwood, etc."...1827-29) (An instructive iconography, or collection of portraits of famous people from modern history, engraved after drawings by Mr. Devéria et by Mssrs. Allais, Bertonnier, Fontaine, A. Massard, Wedgwood, etc.). The image is based on a pastel portrait by Duplessis, "the Gray Coat Portrait," ca. 1777-78, now at the New York Public Library (of which there were many later copies).. Sheet from "Iconographie Instructive" with portrait of Benjamin Franklin. After Joseph Siffred Duplessis (French, Carpentras 1725–1802 Versailles). ca. 1827. Letterpress and engraving. Rignoux, Paris. Pierre François Bertonnier (French, Paris 1791–after 1848). Benjamin Franklin (American, 1706–1790). Prints
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