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Our land a national song - A black and white image of a woman holding a sword

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Our land a national song - A black and white image of a woman holding a sword

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An illustrated sheet music cover for a song by George W. Babcock (Thomas Comer, composer) and dedicated to Samuel R. Spinney, Esq. The design shows Columbia or American Liberty (center) wearing a gorgon's head on her breast and a Phrygian cap ornamented with stars. She holds a shield and an American flag. On the ground to the right is an eagle with arrows and a streamer with the motto "E Pluribus Unum." On the left is a kneeling female figure, presumably representing Learning or History, holding a laurel wreath and a large book. She motions with her left hand and looks toward Columbia. Behind, in a bare mountainous landscape under a cloudy sky, sits a classical temple-like building with a dome supported by a large peristyle lantern.
A variant copy (cover only with different image) is in P&P LOT 10615-34; LC-USZ62-89295.
Boston. Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. 277 Washington St.
Entered . . . 1858 by O. Ditson & Co.
John H. Bufford's Lith.
The Library's copy of the sheet music was deposited for copyright on December 8, 1858.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1858-5.

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01/01/1858
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Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870.
Oliver Ditson & Co.
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Library of Congress
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