Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Oil painting of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Wright (1756-1793).

Franklin is painted seated at half-length, his upper body angled to the viewer's right, gazing forward. He has natural grey shoulder-length hair, thinning at the forehead. Franklin wears a red coat and waistcoat, the latter half unbuttoned, showing a white shirt and neck-cloth. A gilded chair is just visible behind.