Study For Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks ca. 1791-92 Samuel Jennings Philadelphia-born Jennings spent his career in London in the circle of Benjamin West. Around 1791, he began work on an allegorical history painting for the new building of the Library Company of Philadelphia, based on instructions he received from its founder, Benjamin Franklin, and directors, most of whom were Quakers and active abolitionists. This rare study captures the vision for the finished painting in the figure of Liberty, surrounded by symbols of the arts and sciences, including a globe showing what may represent the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), site of a major slave uprising in 1791. In opposition to armed resistance, Liberty seems to be advocating for more peaceful outcomes, as severed chains rest at her feet and she gestures toward a group of emancipated men, women, and children, painted in the conventional perio

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Study For Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks ca. 1791-92 Samuel Jennings Philadelphia-born Jennings spent his career in London in the circle of Benjamin West. Around 1791, he began work on an allegorical history painting for the new building of the Library Company of Philadelphia, based on instructions he received from its founder, Benjamin Franklin, and directors, most of whom were Quakers and active abolitionists. This rare study captures the vision for the finished painting in the figure of Liberty, surrounded by symbols of the arts and sciences, including a globe showing what may represent the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), site of a major slave uprising in 1791. In opposition to armed resistance, Liberty seems to be advocating for more peaceful outcomes, as severed chains rest at her feet and she gestures toward a group of emancipated men, women, and children, painted in the conventional perio

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