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anonymous: Benjamin Franklin  wikidata:Q28048087 reasonator:Q28048087
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After Joseph-Siffred Duplessis  (1725–1802)  wikidata:Q2286906
 
After Joseph-Siffred Duplessis
Alternative names
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis; Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis; Joseph Siffrein Duplessis
Description French portrait painter
Date of birth/death 22 September 1725 Edit this at Wikidata 1 April 1802 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Carpentras, near Avignon Versailles
Work period 1740s-1801
Work location
Carpentras, Lyon, Paris, Rome
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q2286906
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Title
Benjamin Franklin Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Benjamin Franklin Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Benjamin Franklin Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lfr,"Benjamin Franklin"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Benjamin Franklin Edit this at Wikidata
Date between circa 1778 and circa 1783
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 71.1 cm (27.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 57.2 cm (22.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+71.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+57.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q238587
Accession number
NPG 327 (National Portrait Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
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National Portrait Gallery: NPG 327

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