id:			98061
accession number:	1917.687
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.687
updated:		2025-08-29 11:35:51.016000

Benjamin Franklin, 1901. Max Rosenthal (American, 1833–1918), after Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741–1827). Mezzotint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Albert Rosenthal, 1917.687

title:				Benjamin Franklin
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creation date:			1901
creation date earliest:		1901
creation date latest:		1901
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creditline:			Gift of Albert Rosenthal
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culture:	America, early 19th Century
technique:	mezzotint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Mezzotint
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Max Rosenthal (American, 1833–1918)  - artist

* Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741–1827)  - artist

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PROVENANCE

	Albert Rosenthal [1863–1939], given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?–1917
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: April 27, 1917–
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CITATIONS

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 65
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136092

	"Print Department." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>7, no. 1 (1920): 8.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 8
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25136339

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.687/1917.687_full.tif