File:To the Genius of Franklin by Fragonard c1778.jpg
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard: To the Genius of Franklin
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To the Genius of Franklin |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | circa 1778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | pencil and sepia wash on paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 54.9 cm (21.6 in); width: 43.5 cm (17.1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Washington, D.C., United States |
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White House copy of the circa 1778 artwork Notes from Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008: "Benjamin Franklin's arrival in France in December 1776 as envoy from the self-proclaimed United States of America was greeted with instant enthusiasm. . . . Forewarned of the visit, the artist Fragonard . . . made this . . . drawing to honor Franklin. "While the sepia has undoubtedly faded, the dazzling effects of light are still apparent. The robed and laurel-wreathed figure seated amid clouds bears no resemblance to Franklin, because the drawing was intended only as a model for a subsequent print. With the rapidity for which he was famous, Fragonard generalized the face, knowing that Franklin's features would be added later, when the print was made for the public. Franklin's likeness was known far and wide through a flood of images then sweeping across France. "The etching and aquatint print was made by Fragonard's sister-in-law Marguerite Gérard . . . . "The title used for the White House drawing is the English translation of the French title that appears on the print: Au Génie de Franklin. The title is preceded on the print by a Latin epigram composed by A. R. J. Turgot, economist, statesman, and friend of Franklin's: 'Eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis--He stole the thunderbolt from the sky and the scepter from tyrants' (referring to Franklin's invention of the lightning rod and his role as a revolutionary)." |
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