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RARE PRINT OF FAMOUS COCHIN
"FUR HAT" PORTRAIT
American. C.N. Cochin pinx. 1777. Benj. Tanner, engr.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Born at Boston, January 17th., 1706. Died
at Philadelphia. April 17th., 1790. Boston . 1823. Copper
engraving after the portrait by Cochin that shows the subject
wearing spectacles and a fur hat. 6 x 6.75 in. Wide margins. Few
short tears at right. Originally the property of Beltrami the
19th century Italian explorer who claimed to have discovered the
source of the Mississippi River. $1,250.00. I.D.#14521.
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