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On Display: House - Franklin Parlor
Print (Etching)
[Eripuit Coelo Fulmen Sceptrumque Tirannis. Au Genie de Franklin] (The Genius of Franklin)
Marguerite Gerard, Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1778-1778
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Marguerite Gerard (Etcher)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Sepia
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1972.0161 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1972.0161 A
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
[Eripuit Coelo Fulmen Sceptrumque Tirannis. Au Genie de Franklin] (The Genius of Franklin)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Marguerite Gerard (Etcher); Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Designer)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Date
1778-1778
Subject(s)
- Allegory
- Benjamin Franklin
- Portrait
Materials
- Ink
- Sepia
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Drawn
Dimensions (inches)
18.7 (H) x 14.7 (W) x 18.7 (Image H) x 14.7 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
47.6 (H) x 37.3 (W) x 47.6 (Image H) x 37.3 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Trimmed to image. Chain interval: 3.9-4.5 cm; laid line frenquency: 7 per cm.
Publisher Date
01/01/1778
Place of Publication
Paris, France, Europe
Edition State
II
Edition Watermark
"FIN DE D. TAMIZIER AUVERGNE 1742"
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 141, p. 218.Book: Low, Betty-Bright P. 1978 France Views America 1765-1815.
• Published: no. 214, pp. 70-71.Book: Sellers, Charles Coleman. 1962 Benjamin Franklin in Portraiture.
• See pp. 286-289.Book: 1951 The French in America 1520-1880.
• For the drawing, see cat. no. 274.Book: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1936 Franklin and His Circle.
• See p. 7.Article: Price, Lois. 1972 "Rare Print Shows France's Favorite American". Winterthur Newsletter. 18 (6): 1-2.