xml/lby.00157.xml Icons of Liberty: America Presenting at the Altar of Liberty Medallions of Her Illustrious Sons

B. Reading, America Presenting at the Altar of Liberty Medallions of Her Illustrious Sons (1783)

B. Reading, America Presenting at the Altar of Liberty Medallions of Her Illustrious Sons (1783). Printed cotton textile, 36 x 28 in. Reproduced from E. McClung Fleming, "From Indian Princess to Greek Goddess: The American Image, 1783-1815," Winterthur Portfolio III, 1967, 48. America presents the heroes of the American Revolution to a range of goddesses in this engraving.