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A large and striking image of a sitting Liberty was painted by Samuel Jennings (active 1789-1834), a native Philadelphian who worked mostly in England (fig. 11). "Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences" was commis- sioned by the Library Company of Philadelphia in 1792 for its new building, and remains in its possession to this day. Jennings's Liberty is very similar in style and allegory to Latrobe's small sketch in the Library of Congress from a dozen years later, but with the addition of its powerful abolitionist theme. Given Latrobe's long tenure in Philadelphia beginning in 1799, it is very likely he knew this painting. *Latrobe Correspondence 1:164. For Flaxman's inf luence on Latrobe, see Charles Brownell, "An Introduction to the Art of Latrobe's Drawing," in Edward C. Carter II, John C. Van Horne, and Charles Brownell, eds., Latrobe's View of America, 1795-1820 (New Haven, Conn., 1985), pp. 17-24, 29. Fig. 11. Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences (1792), by Samuel Jennings THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA 9 THE CAPITOL DOME