Title

Arms of the Free State of Cuba, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Arms of the Free State of Cuba, 1850. 'Some of the principal features of this device are borrowed from the arms of the United States. The form of the shield, the liberty cap which surmounts it, and the American flag in the left foreground, are each and all evidences of the respect which Cubans have for the nation whose form of government they desire to imitate...The palm tree is the emblem adopted for the island itself...The upper half of the shield represents the southerly point of Florida, sustained by the United States flag; and the northerly point of Cuba sustained by the flag of Free Cuba; the narrow passage between being considered and represented as the key to the Gulf of Mexico...The filling in of the different insignia of war and nationality is after the plan adopted in the United States'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM22A34_430

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

65,2Mb (3,2Mb) / 16,5in x 15,3in / 4960 x 4597 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature tree cap plant plants flag flags Cuba Cuban country British weapon weapons palm tree headdress palm trees palms crest instrument instruments war location Victorian century banner musical instruments sword Britain key newspapers press blade swords SHIELD concept bayonet B&W headgear standard warfare engraved engraving head-dress United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W weaponry bayonets heraldry nineteenth century American trees America USA The Print Collector Cap of Liberty heraldic Illustrated London News Liberty Cap Phrygian cap ILN newspaper united states Unknown 19th-century