Frontispiece,Minerva,goddess of wisdom/war,Mentor,1778

Title: The frontispiece shows Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and of war, ...
Date Created/Published: [1778]
Summary: Print shows Minerva, having exchanged her battle raiments for more domestic dress, nursing an infant; at her feet are an owl, a spear, and a shield which bears the likeness of a gorgon. Sitting to the right is Mentor holding an olive branch and teaching 'two children the advantages of peace'.
Notes:
Title from accompanying text (p. 4).
Illus. in: The Westminster Magazine, Vol. VI (1778), frontispiece.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 723.
Subjects:
Minerva (Roman deity)--1770-1780.
Breast feeding--1770-1780.
Peace--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Allegories--1770-1780.
Frontispieces--1770-1780.
Intaglio prints--1770-1780.
Periodical illustrations--1770-1780.
Bookmark /2004673346/
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