Frontispiece for "The Life of Benjamin Franklin" by Jared Sparks
Unknown American, American
1840
Engraving on paper
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 5 1/4 in. (23 × 13.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2014.45.6
Publisher
Childs & Peterson, Philadelphia
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Above image, center: THE LIFE / OF / BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. / BY / JARED SPARKS.; below image, center: FORESIGHT_CIRCUMSPECTION_CAUTION / PHILADELPHIA, CHILDS & PETERSON
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued 2014.
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