American liberty or freedom was often presented as a beautiful young woman. In this popular 1796 allegory by Edward Savage (1761–1817), a maiden in the form of the Goddess of Youth (Hebe) offers food to an eagle, symbol of the United States, while she treads on chains, a scepter, key, and other implements of tyranny. A liberty cap, mounted on the pole of an American flag, floats in the sky behind her, visible through the clouds of war that spew lightning to drive the British fleet from Boston harbor.