Engraving of the Liberty Bell, US
Liberty Bell, Philadelphia. Famously symbolising America, it is dated 1753. The Biblical text reads Proclaim Liberty throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof'. In 1776 it was rung to celebrate Independence. The bell was cast in London but cracked on its first trial. It was re-cast in Philadelphia but cracked again in 1835
Picture No
11939245
Media ID
46079727
Size
2448px x 3264px
(5.0MB)
Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
From Early Advertising Art, Clarence P. Horning, published by Dover Publications, NY, 1947. Photograph: John Meek
Date
circa 1850s
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