Title: b. Franklin of philadelphia - l. L. D. F. R. S
abstract: benjamin franklin, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, he holds a book "electric expts", scientific instruments are to his left, and in the background lightning strikes a village. From a painting by benjamin wilson. Franklin sat for wilson, who also experimented with electricity, shortly after his arrival in london. He worked in london as a foreign diplomat representing the pennsylvania assembly. Physical description: 1 print: mezzotint. Notes: original painting is in the collection of the white house, washington, dc.;gardiner greene hubbard collection (library of congress).;b. Wilson pinxt.;js mcardell fecit.;published in: the american revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the library of congress / compiled by donald h. Cresswell, with a foreword by sinclair h. Hitchings. Washington: [for sale by the supt. Of docs. , u. S. Govt. Print. Off. ], 1975, no. 57.;title from item. Date: 1761.
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