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By him it was presented to the New York Public Library, and it now hangs in the trustees' room. BY HIM IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND IT NOW HANGS IN THE TRUSTEES ROOM
ce--and that, surely, is near enough for the color of eyes nearly two thousand years ago. * * * * * We are reproducing Duplessis’s pastel portrait of Franklin on this page. This picture has a story. Duplessis made several portraits of Franklin; this seems to be the only one in pastel, the others being oil paintings. When Franklin was in France he lived at Passy, a suburb of Paris. A friend and neighbor was M. le Veillard, who frequently urged Franklin to write his memoirs. Franklin lent a willing ear, and it was his wish that his neighbor should translate the memoirs, when finished, into French. With that end in view, he turned over to M. le Veillard much auto-biographical material. This pastel portrait by Duplessis was made especially for M. le Veillard, and when that unfortunate gentleman met his death on the Revolutionary scaffold in 1794, the picture went to his daughter, and later came into the possession of Mr. John Bigelow, when he was United States Minister to France (1865-66).  IS NEAR ENOUGH FOR THE COLOR OF EYES NEARLY TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO WE ARE REPRODUCING DUPLEXI'S PASTEL PORTRAIT OF FRANKLIN ON THIS PAGE THIS PICTURE HAS A STORY DUPLECY MADE SEVERAL PORTRAITS OF FRANKLIN THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY ONE IN PASTEL THE OTHERS BEING OIL PAINTINGS WHEN FRANKLIN WAS IN FRANCE HE LIVED AT PASILIS A SUBURB OF PARIS A FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR WAS MONSIEUR LE VILLIARD WHO FREQUENTLY URGED FRANKLIN TO WRITE HIS MEMOIRS FRANKLIN LENT A WILLING EAR AND IT WAS HIS WISH THAT HIS NEIGHBOR SHOULD TRANSLATE THE MEMOIRS WHEN FINISHED INTO FRENCH WITH THAT END IN VIEW HE TURNED OVER TO MONSIEUR LEVILLARD MUCH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL THIS PASTEL PORTRAIT BY DUPLUSY WAS MADE ESPECIALLY FOR MONSIEUR LEVILLARD AND WHEN THAT UNFORTUNATE GENTLEMAN MET HIS DEATH ON THE REVOLUTIONARY SCAFFOLD IN SEVENTEEN NINETY FOUR THE PICTURE WENT TO HIS DAUGHTER AND LATER CAME INTO THE POSSESSION OF MISTER JOHN BIGELOW WHEN HE WAS UNITED STATES MINISTER TO FRANCE EIGHTEEN SIXTY FIVE TO SIXTY SIX
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