Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (Elmer), 1777
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Related Publications

Sellers, Charles Coleman, Benjamin Franklin in Portraiture (New Haven: Yale University, 1962)

Provenance
It is believed that this is the painting that Sellers notes (p. 279) as having been shown by Elmer in the Royal Academy's 1777 gallery exhibit as "A Politician." When Sellers was writing, the painting's location was unknown.
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