# The Genius of Franklin (Au Génie de Franklin)

- By: Marguerite Gérard (French, 1761 - 1837)
- By: Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806)
- Date: 1778
- Medium: etching in brown ink on antique laid handmade paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: image: 47.8 × 37.3 cm (18 13/16 × 14 11/16 in.) ; plate: 55.1 × 42.2 cm (21 11/16 × 16 5/8 in.) ; sheet: 62 × 44.5 cm (24 7/16 × 17 1/2 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Rosenwald Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.48079.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/1a7a4f50-0147-4d8b-814f-ff337325f88a/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)