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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10610 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0128] October-December 1795 |
| Title | Proposal for a monument |
| Date | ca. 1795 |
| Author | Ceracchi, Giuseppe (1751-1801) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | "A DESCRIPTION OF A MONUMENT DESIGNED TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF AMERICAN LIBERTY." A portion of it states, "THE GODDESS is represented descending in a car drawn by four horses, darting through a volume of clouds, which conceals the summit of a rainbow. - Her form is at once expressive of dignity and grace, -In her right hand she brandishes a flaming dart, which, by dispelling the mists of Error, illuminate the universe; her left is extended in the attitude of calling upon the people of America to listen to her voice. -A simple pileus covers her head her hair plays unconfined over shoulders; her bent brow expresses the energy of her character; her lips appear partly open, whilst her awful voice echoes through the vault of heaven, in favor of the rights of man._ here drapery is simple: She is attired in an ancient chlamys, one end of which is confined under her zone, _the rest floats carelessly in the wind; the cothurnus covers her feet... her right [hand], is pointing to the Declaration of Independence, inscribed upon a massy column." |
| Subjects | Monument Art, Music, Theater, and Film Liberty Declaration of Independence Classical World and Ancient Civilization |
| People | Ceracchi, Giuseppe (1751-1801) |
| Theme | Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Ceracchi, an Italian sculptor notes for his bust of Alexander Hamilton, was never able to obtain sufficient funding to create the monument. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |