Peripheral Neuropathies
Peripheral nerve complications of HIV-1 infection
Nov. 03, 2025
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"Benjamin Franklin Drawing from the Sky" (c. 1816)
Painting by American-born English painter Benjamin West (1738-1820). Oil on slate. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wharton Sinkler, 1958. This dramatic painting commemorates the 1752 experiment in Philadelphia in which Franklin demonstrated that lightning is a form of electricity. West depicts the moment when a spark of electricity, passing through a key attached to the string of a kite flying in a storm, jumps to Franklin's raised knuckle. The hagiographic portrait depicts Franklin perched on clouds and surrounded by angelic assistants. Although West and Franklin were friends, this painting was executed after Franklin's death. This small painting (34 × 25.6 cm, slightly over 13 x 10 inches) was a study for a larger, unrealized portrait that West planned to give to Pennsylvania Hospital, an institution Franklin founded in Philadelphia. (Public domain.)