Libertas Americana,Non sine Diis animosus infans,medaille,Espirt Gibelin,1782

Title: Libertas Americana. 4 Juil. 1776 Non sine Diis animosus infans / / dessin de la medaille des etats unis de l'amerique compose par A.E. Gibelin en 1783.
Creator(s): Gibelin, Esprit-Antoine, 1739-1813, artist
Date Created/Published: [1782 September]
Summary: Design drawing executed not later than September 1782 by Esprit-Antoine Gibelin shows Minerva (representing France) standing, leaning forward, holding a spear in raised right hand and a shield, with a fleur-de-lis design, in her left hand, preventing a lioness (representing Great Britain) from attacking Hercules who is astride a cradle at Minerva's feet and holding a snake in each hand (representing the victories over General Bougoyne at the Battle of Saratoga '17 Octobre '77' and General Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown '19 Octobre '81').
Notes:
Benjamin Franklin collaborated in the design of the medal in Paris.
Drawing on paper and mounted on three sheets of paper that may be from a shipping manifest. DLC
Purchase; Peter Harrington; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:159).
Exhibited in: 'Creating the United States' at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011-2012.
Vender : Peter Harrington, antiquarian bookseller.
Subjects:
Minerva (Roman deity)--1780-1790.
Hercules (Roman mythology)--1780-1790.
Lions--1780-1790.
Medals--1780-1790.
International relations--France--1780-1790.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Commemoration.
Design drawings--1780-1790.
Ink drawings--French--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2010648606/
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