Artist: Joseph Siffred Duplessis
날짜: 1785
크기: 59 x 72 cm
박물관: National Portrait Gallery (Washington, United States)
기술: Oil On Canvas
During his time, Benjamin Franklin was the most famous American in the world. He remains highly visible today as the face on the $100 bill; this portrait was selected as the basis for that engraving in 1995. Franklin represented colonial interests in England from 1757 to 1775. Upon his return, he was unani-mously elected to represent Pennsylvania at the Second Continental Congress. Behind him was a lifetime of achievement as a printer, an unsur-passed author of wit and wisdom, an inventor, and a scientist. Ahead were his roles as a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a member of the Constitutional Convention. In between was his tri-umph as a diplomat in France (1776–85), where this portrait was commissioned by Madame Brillon de Jouy. In a letter, she praised Franklin for his sound moral teaching and lively imagination but found his “droll roguishness” most endearing.
Artist |
|
---|---|
다운로드 |
|
권한 |
비상업적 인 용도 무료로 제공됩니다. 아래를 참조하십시오. |
![]() |
This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. However - you may not use this image for commercial purposes and you may not alter the image or remove the watermark. This applies to the United States, Canada, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.
|