F: G: van Dedem, tot den gelder. [L.S.]
H: Tjassens. [L.S.]
1782.
Libertas Americana. ℞. Non sine diis animosus infans.
LIBERTAS AMERICANA.
[Surrender of the British Armies at Saratoga and at Yorktown.]
LIBERTAS AMERICANA. (American liberty.) The head of a beautiful maiden, facing the left, with dishevelled hair floating in the wind, and with the rod of liberty surmounted by the Phrygian cap on her right shoulder. Exergue: 4 JUIL. (sic) 1776. (4 Julii, 1776: July 4, 1776.) On edge of bust, DUPRÉ.
NON SINE DIIS ANIMOSUS INFANS.[52] (The courageous child was aided by the gods.) The infant Hercules (America), in his cradle, is strangling two serpents, while Minerva (France) stands by, helmeted, and with spear in her right hand, ready to strike a leopard (England) whose attacks she wards off with her shield decked with the lilies of France. Exergue: 17/19 OCT. 1777/1781. (17/19 Octobris 1777/1781: 17/19 October, 1777/1781.)[53] DUPRÉ. F. (fecit).[54]