Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Museum Number: LC-USZC4-1840 Year: 1842

Credit: Wesleyan University Press Media type: gravestone Museum Number: Annotation: Daniel Weaver Year: 1801

Credit: Wesleyan University Press Media type: gravestone Museum Number: Annotation: Eliakam Hayden grave in Essex, CT, 1797 Year: 1797

Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: fresco Museum Number: Annotation: Capitol fresco Year: 1865

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: LC-USZ62-17372 Year: 1810

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: LC-USZ62-15369 Annotation: This image depicts an allegory of American liberty. Liberty is represented by a young woman in a windblown diaphanous dress and garlanded with flowers in the form of the goddess Hebe, who is offering a cup to a swooping eagle, symbol of the proud new nation, descending from…