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B Franklin of Philadelphia, LLD FRS (1761)

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Engraved by James McArdell (approximately 1729-1765). Benjamin Franklin, in a half-length portrait, stands facing slightly left, holding 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. (Courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Public domain. Edited by Dr. Douglas J Lanska.)