Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Size:XL: 100 x 80cm Arsenal Double winning season 1970

Arsenal Double winning season 1970 - 1971

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Lumberyards at Fukagawa (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo)

by Everard Home

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Size:XL: 100 x 80cm Arsenal Double winning season 1970Franklin is painted seated at half length, his upper body angled to the viewer's right, gazing forward. He has natural grey shoulder length hair, thinning at the forehead. Franklin wears a red coat and waistcoat, the latter half unbuttoned, showing a white shirt and neck cloth. A gilded chair is just visible behind. Benjamin Franklin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756. Original: oil on canvas, 755x640mm. 1782