Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (Duplessis - NPG), ca. 1785
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Paris
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (Attributed)
Oil on canvas; Stretcher: H. 28 1/2 in. (72.4 cm), W. 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm.); Frame: H. 36 1/2in. (92.7 cm), W. 31 1/2 in. (80 cm.)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.), NPG.87.43
The portrait of Franklin is of the type of Duplessis portrait based on the "gray coat" portrait painted by Duplessis and copied by others.
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