L'Amérique indépendante
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![L'Amérique indépendante. Description: Allegorical representation of America as a native American woman with feathered headdress and garments. Her arm around a statue of liberty with a Phrygian cap (liberty cap) and a turtle at her feet, she is surrounded by gods and goddesses of Roman mythology. Minerva (goddess of wisdom and war) stands above a figure representing Benjamin Franklin, with figures representing prudence (holding a mirror with a snake entwined around it) and courage. Courage (with a rooster on his helmet representing watchfulness) beats at a fallen man [with a British crown?] who lies on Neptune (with broken trident and fallen crown) who holds broken chains. At left of image are figures representing agriculture (with a plow), commerce (Mercury with caduceus and winged hat). At bottom is a harp surrounded by links with the names of the states, a fasces, and cornucopia. Record number: 31165.](https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/preview/YJC/YJC0/YJC0012/YJC0012131_LAm%C3%A9rique-ind%C3%A9pendante.jpg "L'Amérique indépendante")
| Caption | L'Amérique indépendante. Description: Allegorical representation of America as a native American woman with feathered headdress and garments. Her arm around a statue of liberty with a Phrygian cap (liberty cap) and a turtle at her feet, she is surrounded by gods and goddesses of Roman mythology. Minerva (goddess of wisdom and war) stands above a figure representing Benjamin Franklin, with figures representing prudence (holding a mirror with a snake entwined around it) and courage. Courage (with a rooster on his helmet representing watchfulness) beats at a fallen man [with a British crown?] who lies on Neptune (with broken trident and fallen crown) who holds broken chains. At left of image are figures representing agriculture (with a plow), commerce (Mercury with caduceus and winged hat). At bottom is a harp surrounded by links with the names of the states, a fasces, and cornucopia. Record number: 31165. |
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| Creator | see caption |
| Artwork medium | etching, stipple engraving |
| Credit | Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library |
| Terms of use | Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| Search stock images by keyword | L'Amérique indépendante Allegorical representation America native American woman feathered headdress garments arm statue liberty Phrygian cap turtle feet surrounded gods goddesses Roman mythology Minerva goddess wisdom war stands Benjamin Franklin prudence mirror snake entwined courage rooster helmet watchfulness beats fallen man British crown lies Neptune broken trident holds chains left agriculture plow commerce Mercury caduceus winged hat harp links names states fasces cornucopia Franklin Benjamin 1706-1790 Emblems |
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| YJC0012131 | 3,997 x 5,710 pixels | 128 |
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