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.

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Photo credit: © Niday Picture Library / Alamy / Afripics
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