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Engraving of Benjamin Franklin

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0272 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Date: circa 1800 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Order a Copy

One undated engraving of Benjamin Franklin. Bust portrait of Franklin surrounded by a frame of scroll work. Notation on engraving that it was printed by the "Bureau Printing Engraving"

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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