1868/1875 Japanese Colored Woodcut (Benjamin Franklin) & Lightning & Kite

Description

From  the estate of Howard P. Stern former Director of The Freer Gallery, Washington DC
. We are listing many items from this estate.
Approximately 9 x 13" plus matting and frame, VG condition.
Woodcut can be removed from frame to save on shipping.
Print shows a man (Benjamin Franklin) and a woman sitting at a table in a house during a thunderstorm as lightning strikes a length of chain extending from a tub of water on the ground to a rod attached to the peak of a cupola.
Title:
Furankurin to kaminari no zu
Title Translation:
Benjamin Franklin and lightning.
Date Created/Published:
[between 1868 and 1875]
Medium:
1 print : woodcut, color ; 33.6 x 24.4 cm.
Summary:
Print shows a man (Benjamin Franklin) and a woman sitting at a table in a house during a thunderstorm as lightning strikes a length of chain extending from a tub of water on the ground to a rod attached to the peak of a cupola.
Reproduction Number:
LC-DIG-jpd-02514 (digital file from original print)
Rights Advisory:
No known restrictions on publication.
Access Advisory:
Restricted access; material extremely fragile; please use online digital image.
Call Number:
FP 2 - JPD, no. 2135 (B size) [P&P]
Repository:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Notes:
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.
Format: vertical Oban Nishikie.
Forms part of: Bella C. Landauer collection.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790.
Kites (Scientific)--Japan--1860-1880.
Lightning--1860-1880.
Electricity--Japan--1860-1880.
Cupolas--Japan--1860-1880.
Format:
Ukiyo-e--Japanese--Color--1860-1880.
Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1860-1880.
Collections:
Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915
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