Portrait print of Benjamin Franklin (Martin/Savage), 1793
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Photo courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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The mezzotint is derived from David Martin's monumental oil portrait of 1766, which had been copied more than once during Franklin's lifetime.

Examples are in several public collections, including the National Portrit Gallery, Washington, D.C.(70.66).
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