[Instruction of American youth] / J. Norman sc.
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Print shows an allegorical scene where a youth stands before a pyramid inscribed with the names of battles in the American Revolution. The goddess Peace attempts to turn the youth away toward three other goddesses, one of which holds a staff topped with a liberty cap, suggesting that the "rising generation of America ... pay close attention to religion, liberty, and commerce." Description of the print appeared on p. 42.
Illus. in: The Boston magazine. Boston, Mass. : Norman & White, 1783 December, 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. 860.
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