Ralph Wood, Jr. modeled this 13" pearlware figure of Benjamin Franklin, "Dr. Frinklin" (sic), for the American market about 1780. A nearly identical example is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The pose of this figure possibly suggests Benjamin Franklin drawing electricity from the sky. The medal around his neck may be the Royal Society of London’s Copley Medal, which was awarded to him in 1753 "on account of his curious Experiments and Observations on Electricity."
