nrm a22 a 4500MX s eng dLeslie, Anne,1792- after 1860.Benjamin Franklin.Oil on canvas ;29 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches ; Framed: 38 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 4 inches.Anne Leslie was the sister of Eliza Leslie and Charles Robert Leslie. She was a portrait painter and copyist. Written on the back of the canvas, “Benjamin Franklin a copy by Miss Anne Leslie from the original by the French artist J.S. Duplessis when Franklin was in Paris. The first proprietor of Gruese’s picture of Franklin was Thomas Jefferson, by whose grand-daughter, Mrs. Coolidge, it was presented to the Boston Athenaeum.”LCP Minutes vol. 7, April 29, 1858, p. 121: “A letter was received from Mrs. Haven stating that she had authority from Major Leslie to say that a portrait in oil of Dr. Franklin copied by Anna Leslie from the original by Greuze in the Boston Athenaeum and deposited by the late Miss Eliza Leslie in this Library was intended by Miss Leslie as a gift to this Institution. The Librarian was directed to return thanks.”Gift of Eliza Leslie, c. 1858.Franklin, Benjamin,1706-1790Portraits.Painting.nmcLeslie, Eliza,1787-1858,former owner.OBJ 043OBJ 043