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![[FRANKLIN]. Benjamin Franklin, né à Boston, dans la Nouvelle Angleterre le 17 Janvier 1706. Mezzotint engraving by Johann Martin Will after CHARLES NICOLAS COCHIN II (1715-1798): "Desinée par C.N. Cochin, chevalier de l'Order du Roi, en 1777." Exudit Aug. Vind. [Augsburg, ca.1778].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/NYR/2011_NYR_02514_0162_000(franklin_benjamin_franklin_ne_a_boston_dans_la_nouvelle_angleterre_le094432).jpg?w=1)
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[FRANKLIN]. Benjamin Franklin, né à Boston, dans la Nouvelle Angleterre le 17 Janvier 1706. Mezzotint engraving by Johann Martin Will after CHARLES NICOLAS COCHIN II (1715-1798): "Desinée par C.N. Cochin, chevalier de l'Order du Roi, en 1777." Exudit Aug. Vind. [Augsburg, ca.1778].
Folio (13 5/8 x 10¼ in). Mezzotint printed on laid paper. (Margins a bit trimmed, but acceptable). New York Public Library Bulletin, vol. 10, no. 55. Depicting Franklin in a standing pose, in spectacles, fur cap and plain coat, facing right, his right arm upraised, holding a folded paper; his left hand resting on other papers, an inkstand and a quill on a small table, drapery to right. A RARE VARIANT IMAGE.
Folio (13 5/8 x 10¼ in). Mezzotint printed on laid paper. (Margins a bit trimmed, but acceptable). New York Public Library Bulletin, vol. 10, no. 55. Depicting Franklin in a standing pose, in spectacles, fur cap and plain coat, facing right, his right arm upraised, holding a folded paper; his left hand resting on other papers, an inkstand and a quill on a small table, drapery to right. A RARE VARIANT IMAGE.