Frontispiece for "The Life of Benjamin Franklin" by Jared Sparks

Unknown American, American

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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

Print

Research Area

Print

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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