What is genius ?

Is it not both masculine and feminine ?
Are not some of its qualities instinct with manhood,
while others delight us with the most winning graces
of a perfect womanhood ? Does not genius make its
appeal as a single creative agent with a two-fold sex ?
Walter Shaw Sparrow 

Souvenirs de Madame Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun ~ Self-portrait, 1781-82 [Kimball Art Museum]
The Project Gutenberg [1/3]
The Project Gutenberg [2/3] 
The Project Gutenberg [3/3]