![[FRANKLIN, Benjamin]. Benjamin Franklin, né à Boston, dans la Nouvelle Angleterre le 17 Janvier 1706. Mezzotint engraving by Johann Martin Will after NICOLAS COCHIN II (1715-1798), "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_0165_000(franklin_benjamin_benjamin_franklin_ne_a_boston_dans_la_nouvelle_angle085523).jpg?w=1)
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[FRANKLIN, Benjamin]. Benjamin Franklin, né à Boston, dans la Nouvelle Angleterre le 17 Janvier 1706. Mezzotint engraving by Johann Martin Will after NICOLAS COCHIN II (1715-1798), "chevalier de l'Order du Roi, en 1777." Exudit Aug. Vind. [Augsburg, ca.1778].
Folio (14¾ x 12¼ in). Mezzotint printed on laid paper, with full margins. Depicting Franklin in a standing pose, in spectacles, fur cap and full length fur-trimmed coat, facing right, left hand holding a folded paper as if to read from it, while his right hand seems to be gesturing to a quill, inkstand and papers on a small table, drapery behind. A fine impression of A VERY RARE PORTRAIT.
Folio (14¾ x 12¼ in). Mezzotint printed on laid paper, with full margins. Depicting Franklin in a standing pose, in spectacles, fur cap and full length fur-trimmed coat, facing right, left hand holding a folded paper as if to read from it, while his right hand seems to be gesturing to a quill, inkstand and papers on a small table, drapery behind. A fine impression of A VERY RARE PORTRAIT.