Portrait of Benjamin Franklin : from the original picture by Benjamin West, P.R.A., in the possession of Godefroy Mayer... printed in colors, in fac-simile of the original painting.
A 1900 Philadelphia color facsimile reproduction published by Henry T. Coates & Co. of Benjamin West's portrait of Benjamin Franklin, printed for collectors and admirers of American history. The picture shows an elderly man in a dark coat holding a kite string aloft under a stormy sky, with cherub-like figures and a lightning-struck sky behind him, rendered in soft, painterly tones a designer could draw on for historical or atmospheric palettes.
