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[Allegorical scene showing female figure on pedestal, holding staff with liberty cap and shield] – Vintage Print

[Allegorical scene showing female figure on pedestal, holding staff with liberty cap and shield], [between 1787 and 1848] — antique engraving
[Allegorical scene showing female figure on pedestal, holding staff with liberty cap and shield], [between 1787 and 1848]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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A woman stands on a raised pedestal in this engraving, gripping a staff topped with a liberty cap while a shield rests nearby, the standard attributes of Liberty as an allegorical figure. The cap, a soft felt hat tracing back to the pileus given to freed slaves in ancient Rome, became a powerful emblem during the American and French revolutions. Engravings like this one, dated between 1787 and 1848, circulated widely in an era when such symbols helped people discuss independence, citizenship and political rights. The shield suggests that liberty was often pictured as something that had to be defended as well as celebrated.

Created / published[between 1787 and 1848]
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenreAllegorical prints 1780-1850.Engravings 1780-1850.
SubjectsLiberty--1780-1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,047 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-163381

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