Portraits of Franklin, cont'd. at the foot of which are an inkstand, books, an open book inscribed PRO PATRIA, etc.; tablet below bears above inscription; the whole within a rectangle. 6 5-16 x 4. Line. P. Maren del Sculp. a. As described. b. Same, with a different head, more closely resembling Duplessis type, and with the inscription changed to P. Maren del. Le Beau Sculp. Sa Vertu son Courage et sa Simplicité | De Sparte ont retracé le Caractere Antique | Et Cher a la raison, cher à l'Humanité | Il Eclaira l'Europe et sauva l'Amérique. 217. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | Né à Boston dans la Nouvelle Angleterre, | le 17 Janvier 1706. Bust, directed and facing left, looking front; jabot, narrow fur bands on cap and coat; oval in frame hung from ring, with ribbon, over base on which the above inscription; within rectangle. 64 (including ribbon, 6 7-16) x 4%. Line. Desrayes del. le Beau scul. A Paris chés Esnauts et Rapilly, rue St Jacques à la Ville de Coutances, A.P.D.R., over upper right corner: 63. 218. F. L., seated under a trellis by a doorway, directed, facing and looking left; addressing a group of people. Right hand outstretched in gesture, left, over a book which rests on his knees; hair loose, cocked hat. 25% x 1%. Line. Borel del. N. De Launay Sc. Below, paper is scratched, as though an inscription had been erased. (In: Franklin, B. Way to wealth..., Paris, Printed for A. A. Renouard, 1795, oppos. P. 3.) 219. Franklin. F. L., seated beside low, square monument, on front of which: FRANKLIN. He rests his arms on top, where are writing implements, and writes in a book. At base are books and scroll; on scroll: A. B. Durand sc. Below, close to engraving: A. B. Durand del. Background of clouds with lightning. Vign. 13% x 2. Line. Probably a bank-note vignette. 220. Original wash drawing for the preceding print. Sepia. Vign. 1% x 1%. 221. THE GRUNDMANN IDEAL PORT. Q. L., seated, directed, facing and looking left; head slightly bent forward in an attitude of thought; a book held in right hand rests on knee, left arm on chair arm. 434 x 33%. Half-tone from the painting. (In: Fisher, S. G. The True Benjamin Franklin, Phila., 1889, oppos. p. 34.) TRAIT OF FRANKLIN. "Painted by Otto Grundmann, a German artist in America, after a careful study of Franklin's career and of the portraits of him taken from life. The original is now in The Boston Art Museum."-Fisher, p. 13. WEST. C. H. Hart cites a letter from Thomas Pownall to Franklin to show that West painted a portrait of Franklin, but states that no authenticated original is known. The portraits of what is known as the "West type," follow below (nos. 222-224). The Chappel portrait is entered under Duplessis (no. 182). The pencil drawing attributed to West is entered under Ceracchi (no. 206). 222. Franklin. Bust, directed and facing right, looking front; jabot. Oval, with outer border of one dotted line. 33% x 2 11-16. Stipple. From an original Picture in the Possession of the late General Washington. Pub: by Johnstone Edinṛ 1804. Bust, 223. BENJ. FRANKLIN LLD. FRS. directed and facing right, looking front; jabot. Border of 2 lines at left and top, 3 at right and bottom. 3 11-16 x 234. R. Scott Sc. 224. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, L.L.D. Bust, directed and facing left, looking front; jabot. vign. 2 15-16 x 2 15-16. Stipple. Engraved by R. Page. Publication line: "Published by J. Robbins & Co. London, July 1, 1826," trimmed off. 225. Franklin seated behind table in centre of a group of five; document lying on table. Rectangle, 434 x 7 3-16. Wood engraving. Benjamin West, successor of Sir Joshua Reynolds as President of the British Academy, made an unfinished study in oil of the act | which restored peace to the world. Page 267. (In: Lamb, M. J. History...of New York, N. Y. [cop. 1880], vol. 2, oppos. p. 267.) This study by West represents "The U. S. Commissioners in 1782 to sign the Treaty of Independence." An excellent reproduction by Edward Bierstadt appears in "History of the Centennial celebration of the inauguration of Washington," N. Y. 1892, oppos. p. 31. VERSAILLES. The Versailles type, so named from the original in the Versailles gallery, is an open shirt portrait like that by Madame Filleul (see nos. 104-116). but represents a younger man. "There is no record of this painting. It is evident that the engraving is misnamed, or that it is the result of the not uncommon practice of vamping, or improving. The attempted representation of a fur cap, the open shirt-collar, and the fur-trimmed coat, which separately are peculiarities of various authentic portraits of Franklin, but which are combined in no other than this, support the latter theory."-Facsimile of Poor Richard's Almanack for 1733 ... The Duodecimos, 1894. 226. FRANKLIN. H. L., directed left, facing and looking front; right hand thrust into breast; shirt open at neck, fur band on cap and coat, with rectangular border of three lines, 6 x 5. Line. PARIS-Publié Gravé par Gve. Levy. par GAVARD, Editeur, Rue des Verneuil 345 (?) | Impl. par Chardon jeune et Fils. 3, rue Racine, Paris. (In: Supplément aux Galeries Historiques Versailles, Serie X, section VII [Paris 1847-49].) 227. FRANKLIN. H. L., directed, facing and looking front; right hand thrust into breast, shirt open at neck, fur band on cap and coat. 44 x 3 5-16. Line. H. W. Smith. From the Painting in the Gallery of Versailles. a. Before inscription. India paper. b. As described. (In: Select works of... Franklin, with notes by Epes Sargent, Boston, 1854, frontispiece.) SUMNER. See nos. 1-5. GAINSBOROUGH. 230. DR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. H. L., seated, directed, facing and looking right; eyeglasses; reading paper, inscribed ING POST | JAN. 1, 1776, held in right hand; eyeglasses; fur-trimmed coat; left hand on papers inscribed OBSERVATIONS on the nature of CIVIL LIBERTY. Border of one line at top and left, two at bottom and right. 4 5-16 x 35%. Line. J. G. Walker Sculp. [almost obliterated]. (In: The Life and Works of Benjamin Franklin, London: Vertue, no date, frontispiece.) PROFILE PORTRAITS. Various profile portraits which do not definitely conform to any of the familiar types. 231. Biscuit plaque. Bust, profile to right, enclosed within a wreath of matted gold, round which are festoons of flowers, whilst a border of gilt surrounds the whole. A specimen of this is in the British Museum, and measures 834 x 8% inches. This plaque was probably executed in 1778, in the course of which year Franklin visited Paris. This bust is sometimes found without any surrounding ornamentation.' Reproduced, with above text, in Connoisseur, vol. 6, July, 1903, p. 140. 232. BENJ. FRANKLIN L.L.D. F.R.S. | Where Liberty dwells, There is my Country. Bust, profile to right; hair falls low on forehead, cravat has form of small bow. Oval, 4 5-16 x 32. Line and stipple. (In: Works of Benjamin Franklin, Dublin, 1793, frontispiece.) Bust, 233. B. FRANKLIN, L.L.D. F.R.S. | Born at Boston in New England, Jan. 17th 1706. profile to left; jabot. Vign. 34 x 1 15 16. NON SORDIDUS AUCTOR NATURÆ VERIQUE. (In: Franklin, B. Political miscellaneous, and philosophical pieces . . . London, 1779, frontispiece.) Another copy, separate, with a note in ink: "Fait d'après le buste de Caffieri." The characteristic feature in the engravings listed here under nos 233-239 is the form of the cravat or jabot, which at the top widens into something of the appearance of a small bow. There are a number of medals and medallions, in metal and stone, at the Metropolitan Museum, N. Y., which, like the Pollard engraving (no. 237), show the cravat or jabot with a wider top; four buttons on coat, and hair with appearance of wavy fullness, reaching not quite to the shoulders. But there is also a similar medal signed J. M. Renard, with three buttons, and with hair slightly thinner and straggling onto the shoulders. See note under "Caffieri 1777." 234. B. FRANKLIN, L.L.D. F.R.S. | Ambassador from the Congress of America to the Court of France. Bust, profile to left; jabot. Oval, 4 3-16 x 32. Line. J. Norman Sc. 235. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Bust, profile to left, hair in queue. Circle 1 inch in diameter in lower right corner of plate, portraits of John Adams, Gates and Laurens in the other corners of a rectangle, within which a cartouche, on which appears a portrait of Washington, the American flag, thirteen plates with the names of the states, and a tablet with MD CC LXXXIII. 5% x 5. Line. Below: Ter Gedachtenis, van het Onafhangelijk Verklaaren der | 13 AMERICAANSCHE PROVINTIEN, Door de Engelschen B: Mourik Escudit. 236. Benjamin Franklin | Born Janṛ 17th 1706 Died April 17th 1790. Bust, profile to left; jabot. Vign. 234 x I 11-16. Stipple. Edwin sc. 237. B. Franklin. L.L.D. F.R.S. Bust, profile to right. Oval suspended by a ring, draped with leaves. Below, a view of two armies advancing toward each other, etc. The whole within a rectangle. 5% x 34. Line. Pollard sculp. a. As described. b. With the inscription above: Where Liberty dwells there is my Country. "Engraved from the original medallion for the Hiba. Maga-/ zine (1810)," according to Carson. 238. Benjamin Franklin. Bust, profile left. 25% x 1%. Line. J. V. N. Throop Sc. (In: The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Boston, 1825, frontispiece.) 239. Benjamin Franklin. | Born Jany. 17th 1706. Died April 17th 1790. Bust, profile to left. 2 11-16 x 1%. Stipple. Warnicke, Sc. (In: Weems, M. L. The Life of Benjamin Franklin. Phila., 1829, frontispiece.) 240. Bust, profile to right, classic drapery about shoulders; a nearly circular border (diameter 93-16) formed of a serpent, head and tail meeting at top, and body partially concealed by a wreath of oak leaves and acorns. B. F. on background within wreath. At bottom a ribbon binds the parts together. 10 13-16x9 3-16. Stipple. LE THERE DELINEAVIT. DARCIS SCULP SIT. A Paris chez Potrelle, Md ď Estampes, Rue Honoré, No. 54. 241. Bust, profile to left. Oval in rectangle of X horizontal lines within border of two lines. 4 5-16 334. Line, outline. On reverse side is bust profile of a woman facing left. Outline. Vign. 34 x 2 7-16. Line, outline. 242. Bust, profile to left. A smaller engraving of portrait described under no. 241, to the left of the portrait of a woman above referred to; both are enclosed by two engraved lines which have been cut away at right. Vign. 2% x 134. Including lines 34 x 334. Line, outline. Under profile of a woman: M, under Franklin: N, upper left corner: Page 285., in lower left corner: 190. 243. Bust, profile to left. Oval in rectangle, 334 X X 44 Line, outline. (In: Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, London, 1810, vol. 5, p. 318.) 244. Bust, profile to right. Oval, 4 x 9-16. Part of design at head of certificate of The New York Typographical Society... In centre a printing press, to right a female figure with an American Portraits of Franklin, cont'd. Miscellaneous type, cont'd. flag, liberty cap, and a scroll on which: Independence. To left, a kneeling figure with arms outstretched to right and chain hanging from left wrist. A sceptre and crown on the ground, and in background other figures, and clouds. In centre, above press, an eagle with outstretched wings holds the medallion in his talons. In his beak a banderole with the legend: THE ART PRESERVATIVE OF ALL ARTS. 54 x 834. Line. P. Maverick, Durand & Co. Grolier Club Catalogue, Durand, 170. a. 5 x 84. Without legend in banderole. Proof before all letters. Same, process reproduction. 3 7-16 x 5 13-16. b. With full inscription, including the certificate. 245. B. Franklin [fac. sig.] Bust, profile to the right. Vignette on engraved title-page. 2 x 2%. Wood-engraving. W. HOWLAND, [From a drawing by J. G. Chapman.] (In: Benjamin Franklin: his Autobiography. New York, 1849.) MEDALS. 246. Annual medal of the Royal Society. Obverse and reverse, diam. 2 1-16, surrounded by an ornamental border, 6% x 3 13-16, within rect. border of one line, 73% x 4 3-16. Above: Gent. Mag. Dec. 1753. Obverse. Female figure holding wreath; physical instruments, globe, etc. G. COPLEY BART DIGNISSIMO BENJ. FRANKLIN ARM. | 1753. Reverse. Coat of arms. SOCIETAS REG. LONDINI. NULLIUS IN VERBA. (In: Gentleman's Magazine..., London, 1753, oppos. 561.) 247. GOLDEN MEDAL | Presented to Benjamin Franklin | BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON | 1753. Circle, 134 diam., within border of two lines, 1 15-16, "medallion engraving." DIGNISSIMO. G. COPLEY BAR. Franklin Arm 1753. Below: A. Spencer, Reverse, seal, inscribed: SOCIETAS REG. LONDINI. Below: A. Spencer. Benj. a. Without title "Golden medal... 1753.” b. With title. (In Sparks, J. Life of Franklin, Boston, 1848, engraved title-page, 1844, 8°, oppos. p. 176.) Same. (In: Sparks, J. Works of Franklin, vol. 8, Boston, 1856, frontispiece.) c. With PHILADELPHIA. CHILDS & PETERSON. added below. (In Sparks, J., Life of Franklin, Revised edition, N. Y., 1859, oppos. p. 175.) 248. Medal. Obverse. Portrait of Franklin, bust, profile to left. BENJ. FRANKLIN NATUS BOSTON, XVII JAN. MDCCVI. Reverse: Winged figure, lightning at left, broken crown and sceptre on the ground. EDIPUIT CELO FULMEN SCEPTRUM QUE TYRANNIS. SCULPSIT ET DICAVIT | AUG. DUPRE ANNO | MDCCLXXXIV. Circle, diam 1%. Between the two sides of the medal, Jules Jacquemart. Above: PL. XV. Etching. India paper. (In Loubat, J. F. Medallic history of the United States... vol. 2, N. Y., 1878.) 249. Medal. Obverse: Portrait of Franklin, bust, profile to left. BENJ. FRANKLIN NA TUS BOSTON, XVII JAN. MDCCVI. Reverse. : Wreath of oak leaves. ERIPUIT CELO | FULMEN \ SCEPTRUM | QUE| TYRANNIS SCULPSIT ET DICAVIT | AUG. DUPRE ANNO | MDCCLXXXVI. Circles, dia. 1 15-16. Between the two, Jules Jacquemart del. Above: PL. XVI. Etching. (In: Loubat, J. F. Medallic history of the United States.... vol. 2, N. Y., 1878.) 250. BENJ. FRANKLIN NATUS BOSTON XVII JAN. MDCCVI. Bust; profile to the left. Circle, diam. 1 15-16. Wood-engraving. R. T.D. (In Distinguished men of modern times. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London, 1838, vol. 3, p. 425.) 251. Bas-relief. Bust portrait of Franklin, profile to left, probably based on the Houdon bust; around the border; BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Below: CAQUE F. Diameter, 1%. White composition. 252. Medal. Obverse: Bust, profile to right; loose cravat. Ceracchi type. LIGHTNING AVERTED. TYRANNY REPELL' D. Reverse: Beaver gnawing tree. 1776. 1 1-16 diam. Bronze. 253. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. | MDCCVI. Bust. profile to left. Wood engraving. Circle, with border of two lines. 4% diam. 254. Medal. Obverse, Bust of Franklin, profile to left. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | MDCCVI. Below circle: PEIRCE, SC. Reverse, Statue of Franklin, at foot of which, on the left, Franklin flying a kite, on the right a telegraph operator sending messages over wires which span continents and oceans seen beyond; on a band suspended from two poles: SCIENCE UNITES THEM. Above: NON OMNIS MORIAR. Below AMERICAN ENTERPRISE : I'LL PUT A Girdle ROUND ABOUT THE IN | EARTH FORTY MINUTES" SHAKSPEARE, | INAUGURATION OF THE FRANKLIN STATUE, | XVII SEPT BOSTON, MDCCCLVI. DIR. DAN. E. GROUX. Circle, 4 x 4. Wood engraving. 64 This plate accompanies a 4-page pamphlet entitled: "Franklin medallion, struck for the inauguration of the statue of Franklin, Boston, September 17th, 1856," bound up in a "Prospectus of... Numismatical history of the United States... by Professor Daniel E. Groux" (Boston, 1856). 255. Medal. Obverse: Bust; profile to left; loose scarf around neck. THE GIFT OF FRANKLIN MDCCXC. Diam., 13%. Reverse: Ribbon inscr. AWARDED To and sprig with flower. On page with 2 other Franklin medals. Wood engraving. (In: The Association of Franklin Medal Scholars, Boston, 1858.) See Memorial history of Boston, vol. 2, p. 292, in regard to this medal. 256. Medal. Obverse: Bust; profile to the left. LONGACRE. CO. FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYL VANIA 1824. Reverse: REWARD OF SKILL AND INGENUITY. | to | Richle Bro's., for | Pat'd. | Furnace Charging Scales. 1874. Wreath of palm and oak. Circle diam., 2 in. Within rectangular border of two lines, 5 1-16x3 1-16. Wood engraving. Portraits of Franklin, cont'd. STATUES. MONUMENTS. 256A. F. L. statuette of Franklin, seated at a table on which there are a pitcher, instruments, a book, etc.; spectacles; right hand on thigh, left hand on table. Two photographs, one a side view, showing head in profile to left, the other a front view, showing only T. Q. L. The original is in the possession of Mme. Guérin de Vaux, of Paris, who, in a letter of March 10, 1904, to Hon. John Bigelow, described this and similar statuettes of Voltaire as "made of a white paste, gesso or other composition; they have been moulded and painted," and adds: "The hair of the one we possess is certainly real hair of the great Franklin, which has been stuck; the letter I named before mentioned it, The connoissor M. d'Allemagne declares them of German workmanship." The Hon. John Bigelow, in a letter to Dr. J. S. Billings, Jan., 1906, expresses his belief that this statuette is the work of Nini, of whose activities he gives a detailed account. 257. Franklin Monument, Franklin Square, Boston; an urn erected by Bulfinch, 1793. Woodcut by JOHN ANDREW. Vign. 5x3%. (In: Memorial of the inauguration of the statue of Franklin, Boston, 1857, p. 109.) 258. F. L. statue of Franklin, by Richard Saltonstall Greenough, Boston. Drawn by H. Billings. Engd by Smith, Knight & Tappan. Vign. 7x4%. Line. a. As described. (In: Memorial of the inauguration of the statue of Franklin [1st. ed.]. By authority of the City Council, Boston, 1857, frontispiece.) Same. (In: Same, 2d. ed. Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1858, frontispiece.) b. With title BRONZE STATUE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | INAUGURATED SEPTEMBER 17, 1856, IN BOSTON. | PHILADELPHIA, CHILDS & PETERSON. (In: Sparks, J. Life of Franklin, Revised ed., N. Y., 1859, oppos. p. 1.) There is a woodcut by Kilburn, of the Greenough statue, showing a corner of the City Hall and a bit of graveyard, in Memorial History of Boston, vol. 2, Boston, 1881, p. 290. 259. Statue by Bailly, based on the Duplessis portrait, 10 feet 6 inches in height, cut from Brunswick stone," set against the Public Ledger building, at the corner of 6th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia. Described, with a small woodcut, on pp. 9-10 of Geo. W. Childs's "The Public Ledger Building," Phila., 1868, p. 10. 260. Franklin, seated, F. L. statue in Philadelphia, by John J. Boyle. Photograph. 6 11-16 x 44. (In: Ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statue of Benjamin Franklin, June 14, 1899. presented to the City of Philadelphia by Mr. Justus C. Strawbridge, Phila., 1899, frontispiece.) 260A. Half-tone copy of a photograph of the same statue. A replica of this statue was presented to the city of Paris, to be unveiled on the 200th anniversary of Franklin's birth, and Boyle also executed a full-length statue of Franklin, standing and holding electrical instruments, which was set up in front of the Electricity Building at the Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. The library has two photographs of this. 261. Franklin statue, Printing House Square, New York City. F. L., standing on pedestal, right hand extended, in left a copy of the Pennsylvan[ia Gazette], plain coat, jabot. Pedestal, surrounded by railing, with four ornamental lamp posts. Photograph. Figure measures 5 13-16 in height, on photo. At left is seen, dimly, the figure of a man, evidently Ernst Plassmann, the sculptor. Plassmann modelled also the statue on the front of the New Yorker Staats Zeitung building, Tryon Row, near by. 262. Franklin statue, Printing House Square, New York City. F. L., standing. Photograph of figure and base, 5%. Photographed by WARREN, 381 Canal St., N. Y. (In: Record of the proceedings and ceremonies pertaining to the erection of the Franklin statue, presented by Albert De Groot. New York, 1872, frontispiece.) Allegorical Designs, etc. C. H. Hart's article "Franklin in Allegory" (Century Magazine, Dec. 1890) is illustrated with five reproductions of French allegorical designs. See also no. 104. 263. L'AMERIQUE INDÉPENDANTE | Dédiée au Congrès des Etats unis de l'Amérique | Par leur très humble et très obéissant Serviteur Borel. Franklin, with wreath of leaves, looking right, points with wand to Indian maiden (America) kneeling on the left at a base on which stands Liberty;" to the right, a warrior (Hercules), armed with a club, and with the Gallic cock on his helmet, is overthrowing Britannia with chains and Neptune with broken trident; Mercury and other gods look on; "Minerva," with lance and shield, hovers above. Below, in the centre of the inscription, a harp in a circle of 13 links, on which are inscribed the names of the 13 states. 17 1-16 x 13%. Line. A Borel invenit et delineavit 1778. J. C. le Vasseur Sculptor Regis et Majestm. Imperm, et Regm. Sculp. A Paris ches l'Auteur rue Boucherat au coin de la rue Xaintonge. 264. LE TOMBEAU DE VOLTAIRE. D'Alembert, Catherine II, Prince Oronoco" and "Francklin," representing respectively Europe, Asia, Africa and America, come to pay homage at the tomb of Voltaire, are driven away by the evil genius Prejudice of Ignorance. In the distance is seen the tomb of J. J. Rousseau. 8 x 1238. Line. L. N. [?] inv. C. M. sculp. 5 lines of description. Se vend à Paris chez Alibert Md d'Estampes, au Palais Royal. Et chez Le Noir Me du Cabinet des Estampes au Roi, au Louvre. 265. Franklin, at the head of a group which includes Rousseau and Voltaire, advances to place a wreath on the head of Mirabeau, above whom there hovers a boy angel with a banderole inscribed LA FRANCE LIBRE. 9 3-16 x 12 15-16. Line. Below MIRABEAU ARRIVE AUX CHAMPS ÉLISÉES. | Sur sa tête plane le Génie de la liberté portant une banderolle avec cette inscription: La France libre. Il s'avance vers J. J. Rousseau et lui présente une Charte Constitution le Francklin lui pose une couronne de chêne sur la tête; Montesquieu, Voltaire, Mably et Fénélon viennent le recevoir. Sur le 2e plan, Demosthènes et Ciceron | s'entretiennent de l'orateur français et le contemplent; des Génies le suivent chargés de ses œuvres. J. M. Moreau le Jne inv. L. J. Masquelier sculp. A Paris chez MAREL rue St Jacques No. 43. [?] Portraits of Franklin, cont'd. 266. The Commissioners interview with Congress. A fanciful sketch of the proposed peace negotiations of 1778. Sir Henry Clinton and the three commissioners, George Johnstone, William Eden, and the Earl of Carlisle, stand to the left in characteristic attitudes; Clinton takes snuff and proffers his snuff box; to the right stand three members of Congress dressed as Tartars; palm trees behind. 87-16x12 13-16. Line. Pubd by M Darly 39 Strand April 1. 1778. Pencil note: "Adml George Johnstone-Govr.Wm. EdenSir Henry Clinton-Earl of Carlisle- Intended for Rutledge -S. Adams & Franklin-who formed the Commission from Congress who met Howe at Staten Island-But Congress refused to meet this Commission." The names are written under the respective personages. 267. AU GENIE DE FRANKLIN | D'Après un dessin à la sépia. (In: Portalis, Baron R. Honoré Fragonard, Paris, 1889, p. 137.) Another reproduction of a sepia drawing, owned in America, on which Franklin faces left instead of right, appears in History of the centennial celebration of the inauguration of Washington..., ed. by Clarence Winthrop Bowen, N. Y., 1892, oppos. 484. This allegorical design, representing Franklin in flowing robes, tyranny overthrown, etc., was drawn and engraved by Fragonard, who, Portalis tells us (p. 144), had the distinction of pulling the first proof of his etching in the presence of Franklin, to whom he offered it. The engraving, which bears the inscription ERIPUIT CŒLO FULMEN TIRANNIS. Au GENIE De FRANKLIN, is reproduced in half-tone in S. G. Fisher's The true Benjamin Franklin " (Phila., 1899), oppos. p. 312 (description, p. 16). C. H. Hart (Century Magazine, Dec., 1890, p. 200), quotes a description of this design from the Pennsylvania Packet, June 3, 1780. Another old French engraving, L'APOTRE DE LA LIBERTÉ IMMORTALISE is reproduced in the same book by Fisher, oppos. p. 274 (description, p 15). Prints Relating to Franklin; Scenes in his Life, etc. 268. THE HOUSE IN WHICH BENJ. FRANKLIN WAS BORN Milk Street House, Boston. Vign. 2 9-16 x 3 15-16. Lithograph. India paper. (In: Sanderson's biography of the signers... revised and edited by Robert T. Conrad... Phila., 1865.) 269. Birth place of Franklin. Vign. 2 5-16 x 28. Wood engraving. Roberts sc. a. Without the above printed title. paper. b. With the title. Proof on india (In: Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L. Cyclopædia of American Literature, N. Y., 1866, v. I, p. 104.) There is also a woodcut vign., 44 x 34, in Memorial of the inauguration of the statue of Franklin, Boston, 1857, p. 103. 270. Franklin, the man in the boy. Franklin, at a boat landing, having stepped ashore, to left, is giving bread to a woman with two children, in boat. Background, to left, a large rock with a tree on either side; to right, across the water, a town. 5 x59-16. Line. Engd by W. H. Dougal. 271. FRANKLIN. Row boat at wharf; Franklin, about to land, is dividing his rolls with his fellow Warepassengers, a woman and two children. houses in background. Vign. 31⁄2 x 4%. Line. Engraved by Geo. B. Ellis. "Being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child | that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go further." | Page 10. (Vignette on engraved title-page of Memoirs of Franklin..., with preface by W. Duane, vol. 1, N. Y., 1859.) Same. (In Same, 1861.) 272. Franklin, standing in row-boat, handing rolls to woman, seated, holding child in arm; boy, hanging over side of boat, dabbling in water; wharf and ware-houses beyond. Rectangle, 2 II-16x4 1-16, with concave corners. Line. (On engraved t.-p. in The life and works of Franklin, London, Geo. Virtue, no date.) 273. Franklin floating on his back, towed by a kite; boy on bank to right holding clothes; house and trees in background. Vignette on title-page. 2 15-16x44. Wood engraving. (In: The Works of Benjamin Franklin. Vol. III. Philadelphia, 1809, engraved title-page, 1808.) 274. Franklin, floating on his back, towed by a kite; boy on bank to right holding clothes; house and trees in background. Vignette on engraved titlepage. 2 15-16 x 44. Line. W. & G. Cooke, Sculpt (In: The complete works...of Benjamin Franklin... 2. ed., Vol. 2, London [Preface, 1806].) 275. DR. FRANKLIN'S EXPERIMENT. Franklin, with boy, standing under shed to right flying a kite; bushes to left; house beyond; lightning. Rectangle within border of one line. 2 5-16 x 2 11-16. Line. In the summer of 1752 Dr. Franklin was enabled to make a grand and | useful discovery respecting Electricity by an experiment in Philadelphia. 276. THE PHILOSOPHER & HIS KITE. Franklin flying his kite. A youth running toward him, with hands outstretched; landscape with trees, clouds with lightning. 5% x 62. Mezzotint. H. S. Sadd. Sc. 277. Franklin and a boy flying a kite in a thunderstorm. MATTESON D. ANDERSON Sc. On engraved title of Life of Franklin by O. L. Holley, New York [1848]. Vign. 4% x 38. Wood engraving by Alexander Anderson. 278. Franklin seated in bushes flying a kite, which rises over a terrestrial globe; a lantern on the left, books and inkstand on the right. Vignette on engraved title page. 1 x1%. Line. (In: The life of Franklin...by himself, N. Y., engraved title-page, 1820, Printed t.-p., 1825.) Same. (In: Same. Engraved and printed title pages, 1824.) 279. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S RESIDENCE IN LONDON, IN 1760. Wood engraving. 3% x 24. With descriptive text. 280. "Franklin, Lady Howe & Adm! Earl Richd. Howe." [Title in MS.] Franklin and Lady Howe playing chess; Earl Howe standing by the table, taking a pinch of snuff. Photograph of a drawing by Max Rosenthal, much worked over in wash. 7 x 9. Max 1867. Another copy of the same (untouched). 281. DRAFTING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. | THE COMMITTEE -FRANKLIN, JEFFERSON, ADAMS, LIVINGSTON & SHERMAN. Franklin, standing, cane in right hand, hat under right arm; one of a group of five. Rectangle. Line. 615-16 x 5%. From the original Painting by Chappel in the possession of the Publishers. Johnson, Fry & Co Publishers, New York. | Entered according to act of Congress AD., 1857, by Johnson, Fry & Co in the clerk's office of the district court of the southern district of New |