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Painting of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin, American, 1706 - 1790

The oil painting of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) rendered by artist Charles Ayers Whipple is a copy of Joseph Siffred Duplessis’s famous life portrait of Franklin commissioned while Franklin was in Paris in 1779. This composition is similar to the portrait (museum id 0.23371.1) painted by artist Lloyd Branson that is also in National Postal Museum's collection.

Date

1885-1911

Type

Art

Medium

canvas; wood; paint (oil)

Department

NPM

Institution

National Postal Museum

Object number

npm_0.283371.2

Credit

Transfer from the Post Office Department