MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
8893-8
Title:
ZINNEBEELD OP DE ONAFHANGLKYHEID VAN AMERICA [Symbol of the independence of America]
Place:
[Amsterdam]
Date:
[1780?]
Image technique:
Etching
Image dimensions:
8.4 x 9.4 cm. (image)
Narrative description:
America, as a female statue in Classical dress holding a staff with a liberty cap, is raised to a pedestal. European royalty [?] look on. Fame heralds her ascension.
References:
Not in BM
Notes:
One of a group of 4 prints accompanied by a poem, "Op de zinnebeeldige afbeelding van de onafhanglykheid van America." [Symbolic representation of the independence of America]. JCB also has an earlier state of the plate without addition of title and creator's names (accession # 8893-9)
Creators:
S. Fokke inv. et fec. A. Fokke, Sim.z.excudit.
Subject:
American Revolution
Normalized date:
1780
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