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Googled āmanifest destinyā and was tickled to find this painting by John Gast: American Progress (1872). Thatās Columbia, she was a personification of the USA who predated Lady Liberty... and SHEāS LAYING TELEGRAPH CABLES!! And also driving the indigenous people off their land https://t.co/wrFcnfkdCy
āA defiant Columbia in an 1871 Thomas Nast cartoon shown protecting a defenseless Chinese man from an angry Irish lynch mob that has just burned down an orphanage.ā https://t.co/YuJXfb77MZ
Columbia wearing a warship bearing the words "World Power" as her "Easter bonnet" (cover of Puck, April 6, 1901) That corset looks uncomfortable, canāt be healthy https://t.co/czhuqvNSK3
āColumbia in an 1865 Thomas Nast cartoon asking the government to allow black soldiers to voteā https://t.co/DPL1559USu
āColumbia and an early rendition of Uncle Sam in an 1869 Thomas Nast cartoon having Thanksgiving dinner with a diverse group of immigrants.ā Interesting to see the presidential portraits - Washington, Lincoln and Grant https://t.co/gIWAjrodRt
āColumbia (representing the American people) reaches out to oppressed Cuba with blindfolded Uncle Sam in background (Judge, February 6, 1897; cartoon by Grant E. Hamilton)ā https://t.co/TWvtKlZXsq
This is Italia Turrita. Thereās something quite anime-ish about this. I suppose thereās an āEarth Motherā quality to it. A part of it is kinda creepy somehow https://t.co/fA18pHmrx8 https://t.co/ii8ArINWiT
Ah right, itās creepy because itās fascist-adjacent + colonial saviour imagery. This is Lady Britannia (ft. Uncle Sam in the last one) https://t.co/rGNzZ4ijTE
āThe meeting of Britannia and Citizen FranƧois', by James Gillray, 1803 What on earth is going on here? Something to do with the Napoleonic wars? Yikes https://t.co/k6yIngHaec
āJapan makes her debut under Columbiaās auspicesā - Puck magazine(?) seems to be full of this sort of fun stuff https://t.co/3CfsG7enNo
Yo,,, Miss South America is š https://t.co/pQIf5IQwyG
... I would much rather be partying with South America https://t.co/q6Rw6G8Wge
This is the cutest condescension I have ever seen - āthe first steps aloneā, 1902 https://t.co/xp9ku2IvIO
1915, The Awakening - about womenās suffrage in the US, ie which states allowed women to vote https://t.co/MsBBheUA9i
This is a 1908 illustration meant to depict the horrors of giving women the right to vote š https://t.co/Poebf3zTBY https://t.co/sd43ScAtus
@visakanv top right is gorgeous but also i realized she looks like a young Eric Idle and now i can't unsee it https://t.co/mN9JycVqZU
