Franklin's Experiment, June 1752 – Demonstrating the identity of Lightning and Electricity, from which he invented the Lightning Rod
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Abraham Lincoln|Currier & Ives
Artist bio: American, Hardin County, Kentucky 1809–1865 Washington, D.C.|American, active New York, 1857–1907
Artist role: Subject|Publisher
Artist nationality: American|American
Date: 1876
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 8 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (21.3 × 31.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 17 5/8 in. (33.3 × 44.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of A. S. Colgate. 1962
Accession year: 1954