File:Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis 1778.jpg

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Joseph-Siffred Duplessis: Benjamin Franklin   
Artist
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis  (1725–1802)  
 
Alternative names
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis; Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis; Joseph Siffrein Duplessis
Description French portrait painter
Date of birth/death 22 September 1725  1 April 1802 
Location of birth/death Carpentras, near Avignon Versailles
Work period 1740s-1801
Work location
Carpentras, Lyon, Paris, Rome
Authority file
  • : Q2286906
  • VIAF: 27199685
  • ISNI: 0000000083667441
  • ULAN: 500016763
  • LCCN: n85235630
  • MusicBrainz: 094af2df-445d-4d9d-891e-58b88bb6fd38
  • WorldCat
creator QS:P170,Q2286906
 
Title
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Object type painting 
Genre portrait 
Description
Exhibition Label

Benjamin Franklin, in his day the most famous American in the world, was renowned for his scientific accomplishments as much as for his political and diplomatic triumphs. Known as a "natural philosopher," as scientists were termed in the eighteenth century, Franklin was celebrated for his experiments with electricity, but he also conducted experiments in other areas and invented devices as varied as a stove and bifocal eyeglasses. He also reorganized and expanded the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia and was often the conduit for correspondence between Americans and Europeans who were studying botany, chemistry, physics, and other sciences. By the mid-1780s, when this portrait was created, Franklin was representing the new republic in France, where he was revered for his wit and scientific knowledge.

العربية: بنجامين فرانكلين (ولد في 17 يناير، 1706 وتوفي 17 أبريل، 1790) واحد من أهم وأبرز مؤسسي الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
Depicted people Benjamin Franklin 
Date circa  
Medium oil on canvas 
Dimensions height: 724 mm (28.5 in) ; width: 597 mm (23.5 in) 
dimensions QS:P2048,+724U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,+597U174789
institution QS:P195,Q1967614
Accession number
NPG.87.43 (National Portrait Gallery) 
Credit line gift of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
References
  • American Art Collaborative object ID: npg/9866 
  • National Portrait Gallery (United States) object ID: NPG.87.43 
  • Google Arts & Culture asset ID: ZgEyj5EEKdux-g 
Source/Photographer http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.87.43
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Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of the US, by Joseph Duplessis, 1778

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