Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (Trumbull), 1778
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Photo courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery, John Hill Morgan, B.A. 1893, LL.B. 1896, M.A. (Hon.) 1929, Fund.

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Boston, MA
John Trumbull (Attributed)
Oil on panel; H. 5 1/2 in., W. 4 3/8 in. (oval)
Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.), 1960.13
A small portrait of Franklin, based on the Cochin-St. Aubin fur-cap engraving of 1777, was among the images in John Trumbull's list of works painted before his first trip to Europe (1779-80).
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