Title: To the Genius of Franklin
Object type: Print
Date: 1778
Artist:  Marguerite Gérard 
Artist bio: French, Grasse 1761–1837 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching printed in brown ink; first state of two
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)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Shields, term: Benjamin Franklin, term: Men, term: Mars, term: Minerva