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Marguerite Gérard French
After Jean Honoré Fragonard French
Subject Benjamin Franklin American
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Title: To the Genius of Franklin
Artist:
Marguerite Gérard (French, Grasse 1761–1837 Paris)
Artist:
After Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732–1806 Paris)
Subject:
Benjamin Franklin (American, 1706–1790)
Date: 1779
Medium: Etching; second state of two
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)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Accession Number: 83.2.229
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