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Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Statesman; signer of the Declaration of Independence

Portraits in Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue | Other NPG portraits

Benjamin Franklin

by Jean Baptiste Nini
1777
NPG 722

Benjamin Franklin

after Joseph Siffred Duplessis
based on a work of 1783
NPG 327

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