Ceracchi, Giuseppe, 1751-1801 [Proposal for a monument]

"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."