xml/lby.00156.xml Icons of Liberty: America Trampling on Oppression

America Trampling on Oppression (1789)

America Trampling on Oppression (1789). Engraving, 4 1/7 x 2 4/5 in. New York Public Library, New York. Reproduced from E. McClung Fleming, "From Indian Princess to Greek Goddess: The American Image, 1783-1815," Winterthur Portfolio III, 1967, 48. Here, Franklin and Washington are honored by the goddess Minerva who stands on the head of the British Lion.