Dr. Franklin erhalt, als Gesandter des American isch en FreyStaats, seine arste audienz in Frankreich, zu Versailles. am 20ten Martz 1778 [engraving]

Dr. Franklin erhalt, als Gesandter des American isch en FreyStaats, seine arste audienz in Frankreich, zu Versailles. am 20ten Martz 1778 [engraving]

[Berlin] [1784]

1 print ; 10 x 6 cm. mounted on sheet 12 x 7 cm.

P&E L1988.190.78.5m

German view of Benjamin Franklin' s reception by the French court at Versailles. Vignette with title below in double line border, 1/16.
This is number eight in a series of etching dealing with events during the American Revolution done by Chodowiecki, and used is illustrations in Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, published in Berlin in 1784. This copy has the etching with the title below in a 1/16 border, with the number "S. 121" above the border in the upper left corner and the number "8." in the upper right corner.
Digitized image available, see URL.

Cresswell, Donald H. The American revolution in drawings and prints, 277

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