The time and thought that went into making the Statue of Freedom made me curious as to what the other plans looked like. Below is the second draft, with the liberty cap. It is interesting that the final product did not contain this symbol, but instead wears a helmet with a feather.
The idea that the liberty cap represented freedom from slavery would have been seen as hypocritical since slavery was still at large in the States.
Instead, they had to make adjustments to this sculpture which I thought was interesting to learn about.
This made me ask, what sort of complications and conflict this would have caused, had the statue remained with the liberty cap.
http://picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu/item.php?item_id=185
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