1. Ben Franklin in London, circa 1760: Engraving courtesy of the Library of Congress.

2. Deborah Read Franklin, circa 1759: Engraving courtesy of the Library of Congress.

3. Sally Franklin, in 1793: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

4. Governor William Franklin, circa 1785: Painting by Danuta Wyszynski after a portrait by Mather Brown.

5. Benjamin and William Franklin’s London Residence on Craven Street: Benjamin Franklin House, Courtesy of Friends of the Benjamin Franklin House.

6. Joseph Galloway, circa 1760: Courtesy of the New York Public Library.

7. Benjamin Franklin with “friend” on Craven Street, circa 1761: American Philosophical Society.

8. Thomas Penn, proprietor of Pennsylvania, 1752: 125th Anniversary Acquisition, Gift of Susanne Strassburger Anderson, Valerie Anderson Readman, and Veronica Anderson Macdonald from the estate of Mae Bourne and Ralph Beaver Strassburger, 2004, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

9. Glass armonica, 1762: Franklin Collection, Yale University Library.

10. Lord Stirling (William Alexander), 1770: Engraving courtesy of the Library of Congress.

11. George Washington in 1772: Washington-Custis-Lee Collection, Washington and Lee University.

12. Benjamin Franklin being interrogated by the Privy Council, 1774: The Huntingdon Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens.

13. Marquis de Lafayette in 1790: Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Weyler.

14. The great diplomat in France, 1778: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

15. William Strahan in 1780: Engraving of the painting in the National Portrait Gallery (U.K.), courtesy of the Library of Congress.

16. Benjamin Franklin returns to America, 1787: Engraving courtesy of the Library of Congress.

17. William Temple Franklin, 1790: Trumbull Collection, Yale University Art Gallery.