I also made a docent’s day in the National Portrait Gallery today. She was in front of the portrait of Benjamin Franklin* talking about how he dressed while being presented to the King of France in the 1778(?) as one of the diplomats trying to arrange for loans and an alliance with France to aid the colonies.

I turned up about then, added a few useful comments, and then recommended a book that I had just finished called _A Great Improvisation_ on that very subject.

A good karma day. :)

* - It’s the portrait that is the basis of the Franklin on the $100. I also got a picture of the Hamilton portrait that is currently used on the $10.