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Description Lithograph of "Poor Richard illustrated, lessons for the young and old on industry, temperance, frugality &c. by Benjamin Franklin" (Print showing a small portrait of Benjamin Franklin, surrounded by 24 vignettes illustrating maxims taken from his writings.)
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Author Pelton, Oliver, 1798-1882, engraver
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(Reusing this file)		 Copyright 1887 by Thomas O. H. Perry Burnham, copyright expired (PD-US), "No known restrictions on publication".

Proverbs include "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise", "When the well is dry, they know the worth of water", and many exhortations on the importance of diligence, industriousness, and frugality.


This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: "First pass" restoration. There'll be others, but I wanted to get the large version in and in use..

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