# To the Genius of Franklin

- By: Marguerite Gérard (French, Grasse 1761–1837 Paris)
- By: After Jean Honoré Fragonard
- By: Benjamin Franklin
- Date: 1779
- Medium: Etching; second state of two
- Classification: Prints
- Dimensions: sheet: 21 3/4 x 16 5/8 in. (55.2 x 42.2 cm) image: 19 15/16 x 14 11/16 in. (50.6 x 37.3 cm)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/369385)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP820474.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)