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Artist



Description	French portrait painter
Date of birth/death	22 September 1725	1 April 1802
Location of birth/death	Carpentras, near Avignon	Versailles
Work period	1740s-1801
Work location	Carpentras, Lyon, Paris, Rome
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Date

circa 1785

Medium

oil on canvas

Current location

National Portrait Gallery, Washington

	Native name	National Portrait Gallery, Washington
	Parent institution	Smithsonian Institution
	Location	Washington, D.C.
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 52.17″ N, 77° 1′ 21.54″ W
	Established	1968
	Website	www.npg.si.edu

Source/Photographer

http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brush/ben.htm

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