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Marguerite Gérard (French, 1761-1837)
To the Genius of Franklin, 1770, etching in brown ink after Jean-Honoré Fragonard; state ii/ii, plate 516 x 384 mm.
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The DAC's holdings of later 17th- and 18th-century prints are notable for works by English and French printmakers, and by Italian artists such as Piranesi. A few of the the printmakers represented are Bewick, Blake, Bol, Bosse, Callot, Canal, Cozens, Fragonard, Gainsborough, Gillray, Hogarth, Hollar, Jegher, Mellan, van Ostade, Ploos van Amstel, J.R. Smith, Stubbs, Tempesta, G.B. Tiepolo, G.D. Tiepolo, Van Dyck, van de Velde, Visscher, and Watteau. The acquisition of the Gérard print shown above was funded by the Friends of the Davison Art Center. Other museum pages tell more about:
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