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American Eagle by Unknown — VisualArtsDB

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American Eagle

American Eagle

1800

Medium: plaster/bronzed on wood base
Genre: Sculpture
Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, US

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The bald eagle has been a symbol of American spirit since 1782, when the Continental Congress chose an eagle design for the Great Seal of the United States. As a result, many artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries included this motif in their work.

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