We have quite a few allegorical female figures on silk embroideries and things, and they are mostly "Columbia" or "The Goddess of Liberty."  We actually have a silk embroidery that sounds very similar, with a woman holding her arms up to an eagle with a landscape behind her, titled "Liberty in the Form of the Goddess of Youth Giving Support to the Bald Eagle in Front of the Trenton Arches."
 
I'd love to see an image, and could pass it on to the curators.

Genevieve Ellerbee
Associate Registrar
Daughters of the American Revolution Museum
Washington, DC
202-628-1776 x 331
fax: 202-628-0820

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Isn’t there a female figure, “Columbia”  who represents the U.S.?  I would say it has more of an American connotation.

Candace Perry

Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center

 

From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Megan Oleksa
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Dear Listservers,

 

We have recently reunited one of our 1800s hand pumpers with its original condenser cover and I am curious about the specific meaning of the painted image on it.  It depicts a dark-hair woman, standing on the shore of a body of water, in white and red robes with arms outstretched toward an eagle .  In the background there is a burning boat/ship on the sea.  I am inclined to believe that it is a painting of Helen of Troy with the eagle representing Zeus and the burning ship representing the battle of Troy but would love to hear from someone with more knowledge about these things!  I will gladly send a picture if requested.

 

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