xml/lby.00160.xml Icons of Liberty: Goddess of Liberty with the Portrait of Jefferson

Goddess of Liberty with the Portrait of Jefferson (1807)

Goddess of Liberty with the Portrait of Jefferson (1807). Engraving, 15 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. Reproduced from E. McClung Fleming, "From Indian Princess to Greek Goddess: The American Image, 1783-1815," Winterthur Portfolio III, 1967, 57. In this image, Liberty, seated on the globe with her liberty pole and cap over her shoulder, holds a portrait of Jefferson and gazes at a portrait of Washington before her.

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