British Liberty
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British Liberty is a personification combining Liberty with Britannia. She is often depicted seated, similar to Britannia on British copper coinage from 1672, carrying a cap of liberty on a pole instead of a trident. This figure was attractive to American colonists agitating for British civil rights before the American War of Independence.
When
- First attested
- 1770 CE
- Attested period
- 1770 – 1770
- Historical notes
- Adopted by some American newspapers for their masthead from 1770.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- America, Columbia, Marianne, Goddess of Liberty
- aspect of
- Liberty
- syncretized with
- Britannia
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In the run up to the American War of Independence, this conflated figure of Britannia/Liberty was attractive to American colonists agitating for the full set of British civil rights, and from 1770 some American newspapers adopted her for their masthead. When war broke out, the Britannia element quickly disappeared”
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