D. Benjamin Franklin,et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electricatis periculis clarus.
J.E. Haid sculp. [after Benjamin Wilson].
A.V. 1778.
Scarce mezzotint. 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), with large margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), wearing a wig, without spectacles. This is the scarce first version: two years later Haid re-engraved the plate, retaining the title but replacing the image with the portrait by Charles Nicolas Cochin fils, the more famous image of Franklin wearing spectacles and fur hat.
[Ref: 56455] £850.00
A.V. 1778.
Scarce mezzotint. 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), with large margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), wearing a wig, without spectacles. This is the scarce first version: two years later Haid re-engraved the plate, retaining the title but replacing the image with the portrait by Charles Nicolas Cochin fils, the more famous image of Franklin wearing spectacles and fur hat.
[Ref: 56455] £850.00