Temple of liberty – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures Temple of liberty in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Minerva and Liberty, the two figures named in this woodcut's subject headings, set it apart from the many allegorical prints of its decade. Jared Bell of New York registered it for copyright on April 2, 1834, and the print's title places it within the common American image of the republic as a "temple" built on liberty. Printed on wove paper in the 1830s, when cheap woodcuts and lithographs carried patriotic and political messages to a broad public, it shows how the classical goddess of wisdom and arts was used to express national ideals.
| Created / published | 1834 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut on wove paper ; 23.5 x 38 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Allegorical prints 1830-1840.Woodcuts 1830-1840. |
| Notes | Copyrighted by Jared Bell, New York, 1834. The print was deposited for copyright by Jared Bell in the District Court of the Southern District of New York on April 2, 1834. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1834-2. Exhibited in: Creating the United States, Library of Congress, 2008. |
| Subjects | Minerva (Roman deity)--1830-1840. Liberty--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,068 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-160978 |
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