American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)

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Benjamin Franklin. Mezzotint by C. Turner after M. Chamberlin, 1762.

Benjamin Franklin. Stipple engraving by J. Romney after G. M. Brighty after M. Chamberlin, 1762.

Benjamin Franklin. Line engraving by J. G. Walker after S. Elmer, 1780.

Benjamin Franklin. Line engraving by R. Pollard, 1780.

Benjamin Franklin. Mezzotint by H. S. Sadd, 1847, after T. H. Matteson.

Benjamin Franklin. Line engraving by P. A. Le Beau after P. Marin after J. S. Duplessis, 1778.

Benjamin Franklin. Stipple engraving, 1844.

Benjamin Franklin. Oil (?) painting after J. S. Duplessis.

The Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, July 4, 1776. Mezzotint by H.S. Sadd after J. Trumbull.

Benjamin Franklin. Mezzotint after C. N. Cochin, junior, 1777.

Clocks: faces (top), and mechanisms (below) of a Ferguson (right), and a Smeaton-Franklin clock (left). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1809.

Benjamin Franklin. Line engraving by P.A. Le Beau after C.L. Desrais after C.N. Cochin, junior, 1777.

Benjamin Franklin. Stipple engraving by W. Evans, 1804.

Franklin and Newton : an inquiry into speculative Newtonian experimental science and Franklin's work in electricity as an example thereof / I. Bernard Cohen.

Curious and facetious letters of Benjamin Franklin. Query 359 / Franklin Brooks.

Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.

Mr. Franklin : a selection from his personal letters / edited by Leonard W. Labaree and Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.

A rebus: two rules for making sufficient money. Etchings after Benjamin Franklin.

Posthumous and other writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / Published from the originals, by his grandson, William Temple Franklin. In two volumes.

On the art of eating together with the rules of health and long life and the rules to find out a fit measure of meat and drink, with several recipes / Benjamin Franklin.

Rapport des Commissaires chargée par le Roi, de l'examen du magnétisme animal / Imprimé par ordre du roi, sur la copie imprímée au Louvre.

The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin / published verbatim from the original manuscript by his grandson William Temple Franklin ; edited by Jared Sparks.

Report of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, and other commissioners, charged by the King of France, with the examination of the animal magnetism, as now practised at Paris / Translated from the French, with an historical introduction.

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Benjamin Franklin

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Images by Benjamin Franklin

Images featuring Benjamin Franklin

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On the art of eating together with the rules of health and long life and the rules to find out a fit measure of meat and drink, with several recipes / Benjamin Franklin.

Rapport des Commissaires chargée par le Roi, de l'examen du magnétisme animal / Imprimé par ordre du roi, sur la copie imprímée au Louvre.

Mr. Franklin : a selection from his personal letters / edited by Leonard W. Labaree and Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.

The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin / published verbatim from the original manuscript by his grandson William Temple Franklin ; edited by Jared Sparks.

Report of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, and other commissioners, charged by the King of France, with the examination of the animal magnetism, as now practised at Paris / Translated from the French, with an historical introduction.

Frequent collaborators

Benjamin Franklin

Images from the collections

Images by Benjamin Franklin

Images featuring Benjamin Franklin

Works from the collections

On the art of eating together with the rules of health and long life and the rules to find out a fit measure of meat and drink, with several recipes / Benjamin Franklin.

Rapport des Commissaires chargée par le Roi, de l'examen du magnétisme animal / Imprimé par ordre du roi, sur la copie imprímée au Louvre.

Mr. Franklin : a selection from his personal letters / edited by Leonard W. Labaree and Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.

The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin / published verbatim from the original manuscript by his grandson William Temple Franklin ; edited by Jared Sparks.

Report of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, and other commissioners, charged by the King of France, with the examination of the animal magnetism, as now practised at Paris / Translated from the French, with an historical introduction.

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