American Liberty as Goddess of Youth
Edward Savage
(1761–1817)
Stipple engraving, 1796
Prints and Photographs Division
Library of Congress
Washington, DC
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American Liberty as Goddess of Youth Edward Savage (1761–1817) Stipple engraving, 1796 Prints and Photographs Division Library of Congress Washington, DC |
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La Liberté Popular 1796 allegory by Edward Savage (1761–1817). A Goddess of Youth offers nourishment to the (US) eagle, while she treads on chains, a scepter, and other symbols of repression. In the backgound, the clouds of war break apart to reveal Boston harbor and a pole holding aloft the American flag and a liberty cap (phrygia. Engraved in Philadelphia and published June 11, 1796. Born in Princeton, Massachusetts, Savage owned galleries in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, where he exhibited his own paintings and prints. The engraved image was produced from his painting. Copies of the image were popular, including an embroidered version (below) made in 1804 by sixteen-year-old Mary Green of Worcester, now in the Worcester Art Museum. "American Liberty as Goddess of Youth" similarities to "Liberty Enlightening the World": - Woman draped with flowing gown - Symbolic Cap (Liberty Phrygian Cap) - Upraised arm - Foot crushing repression - "Enlightenment" among shadows On the Web: Library of Congress itweb Embroidered Version Worcester Art Musuem Painting on glass by Abijah Canfield, Connecticut, c. 1800, after Savage
Left Image from Library of Congress, 2nd Left image from Great Seal.com, other 2 images from Worcester Art Musuem Return to Statue of Liberty Homepage This page maintained by Gary Feuerstein 
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