Price: $1,250.00
SKU: 40497
PUBLISHER: Engraved by Johann Elias Haid
MEDIUM: Mezzotint engraving,
DATE: 1778.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 15 / 16 x 5 1/8" (20.2 x 13 cm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: The scarce first version of Haid's mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Haid made two portraits of Franklin using the same title and engraved pedestal surround. This is the first and was based on the painting by Benjamin Wilson. The later mezzotint by Haid depicts Franklin in his fir hat. Franklin is of the greatest of all of the U.S. founding fathers. A highly intelligent man, over his lifetime he was an able scientist, a writer, printer and publisher. He was one of the most successful diplomats that the United States ever had. During the Revolutionary War, he acted as American Minister to France, successfully gaining French support for the American cause. He was also the only person who signed all four of the key documents in American history: The Declaration of Independence; The Treaty of Alliance with France; The Treaty of Peace with Great Britain; and The Constitution of the United States. A handsome and scarce mezzotint portrait engraved by Johann Elias Haid (1739-1809). After the painting by Benjamin Wilson (1721-1788).
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CONDITION: Good condition.
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