Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (Martin - PAFA), 1767
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Photo courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Gift of Maria McKean Allen and Phebe Warren Downes through the bequest of their mother, Elizabeth Wharton Mckean. www.pafa.org
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London
David Martin (Attributed)
Oil on canvas; Unframed: H. 49 1/2 in. (125.7 cm), W. 39 1/2 in. (100.4 cm); framed: H. 58 3/4 in. (149.2 cm), W. 50 3/8 in. (128.0 cm)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1943.16.1
A London associate of Dr. Franklin's commissioned for himself a portrait from the painter David Martin. Franklin, pleased by the portrait, ordered a copy from the painter immediately. This is that copy.
Included in BF300 Exhibit.
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