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| Keywords: Union by Constantino Brumidi, 1869.png Artwork one of a pair of ceiling-mounted paintings representing the concepts of liberty and union 1869 Oil on canvas cm 159 7 128 3 White House Washington DC object history credit line The White House Historical Association White House Collection From Kloss William et al Art in the White House A Nation's Pride Washington D C The White House Historical Association 2008 <br> Brumidi's allegory of Union the companion piece to Liberty floats free of earth and her spiraling unconstrained figure seems to dance in the clouds Lightly garbed in a pure white tunic and wrapped in a cloak pale blue on one side and pale red on the other she is the flag personified She wears the Phrygian or liberty cap--a symbol of freedom through revolution--and lightly holds the Union shield with 13 stripes for the original states while she looks upward at the radiant constellation of 13 stars The American bald eagle grasps arrows and an olive branch in its talons and stares fixedly up at Union while it extends its wing behind her as though assuring her ascent All of these attributes are components of the Great Seal of the United States redistributed around the soaring allegorical figure White House Historical Association http //www whitehouseresearch org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset id 77 <gallery> File Liberty by Constantino Brumidi 1869 png </gallery> PD-old-100 Paintings in the White House Constantino Brumidi Olive branches in art Eagles in art 19th-century allegorical paintings 1869 paintings in the United States | ||||
