"Franklin Making Speech at Constitutional Convention," Drawing for Magic Lantern Slide, 1902-1903

Joseph Boggs Beale created artwork that was reproduced to make magic lantern slides. His works include some of the most artistic slide illustrations made in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Beale was also prolific, producing more than 2000 images used in over 250 different lantern slide sets. This drawing, part of Beale's "Life of Benjamin Franklin" set, depicts Franklin speaking at the Constitutional Convention.