C1790. Copper-line engraving. C1790. 120mm by 85mm (sheet). Jacques Necker (1732 - 1804) was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution in 1789. False-mounted."
C1860. Steel-engraving. C1860. 250mm by 160mm (sheet). Vignette below image titled 'Declaration of Independence'. When Franklin arrived in France in December 1776 to negotiate aid for the American Revolutionary War, he was already a celebrity known for his simple dress and refusal to wear a wig. He stayed in.....