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Framed oval portrait of Benjamin Franklin in oil on canvas. Franklin is shown in half-length, three-quarter view with his chin resting on his right hand. Franklin wears wire-rimmed glasses, white stock and brown coat. Rectangular frame with oval mat.
portraits
canvas
oil paint (paint)
Oil
Coated Canvas
Painting
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
AFTER Martins, D. (Maker)
32.25 x 27.5 x 1.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.1607
Probably
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