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Apotheosis of Franklin

ca. 1780

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

One of four fragments of cotton, copperplate printed in red design known as American Independence, Apotheosis of Franklin, etc. the design shows Washington in a chariot drawn by leopards, standing and behind him a female figure holding a shield on which "American Independence 1776" is inscribed. Franklin is shown with a female figure carrying a liberty cap on the staff; above them a scroll: "Where Liberty Dwells There is my Country."

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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