Portrait of Benjamin Franklin in an armchair (Carmontelle), 1780-1781
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Passy, France
Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle (Attributed)
Ink, crayon, and watercolor on paper; H. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm), W. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm); Image: H. 12 3/16 in. (31 cm), W. 7 9/16 in. (19.2 cm)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.), NPG.82.108
Carmontelle has placed his subject carefully: in a surrounding that suggests the formal public spaces of French interiors.
Included in BF300 Exhibit.
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