Inscribed, in plate, below image: Le Docteur Francklin Couronné par la Liberté
Le Docteur Francklin couronné par la Liberté, 1778
- Jean Claude Richard abbé Saint Non, French, 1727-1791
Aquatint and etching printed in black ink on laid paper
- Plate: 9 5/8 × 8 inches (24.4 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 10 1/8 × 8 3/8 inches (25.7 × 21.3 cm)
Founders Society Purchase, Merrill Fund
69.473
Department
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Details
1969-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Rosenberg, Pierre. "Franklin and Fragonard," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society vol. 150, no. 4 (December 2006): pp. 575-590.
Jean Claude Richard abbé Saint Non, Le Docteur Francklin couronné par la Liberté, 1778, aquatint and etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Merrill Fund, 69.473.