# To the Genius of Franklin

- By: Marguerite Gérard (French, Grasse 1761–1837 Paris)
- By: After Jean Honoré Fragonard
- By: Benjamin Franklin
- Date: 1778
- Medium: Etching printed in brown ink; first state of two
- Classification: Prints
- Dimensions: Image: 21 5/8 × 16 1/2 in. (54.9 × 41.9 cm) Sheet: 22 3/8 x 17 3/4 in. (56.8 x 45.1 cm)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/360093)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP820480.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)