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The frontispiece shows Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and of war, ...

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Print shows Minerva, having exchanged her battle raiments for more domestic dress, nursing an infant; at her feet are an owl, a spear, and a shield which bears the likeness of a gorgon. Sitting to the right is Mentor holding an olive branch and teaching "two children the advantages of peace".

Title from accompanying text (p. 4).

Illus. in: The Westminster Magazine, Vol. VI (1778), 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. 723.

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01/01/1778
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