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Marianne made her first major appearance in the French spotlight on a medal in July 1789, celebrating the storming of the Bastille and other early events of the French Revolution. From this time until September 1792, the image of Marianne was overshadowed by other figures such as Mercury and Minerva. [5]
Marianne Jenkins was born in 1792, the daughter and heiress of William Jenkins (c. 1751 –1837), of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, by his wife Sarah Jenkins, née Watkin.On 1 November 1819, she married Edward Francis Colston (1795–1847), descendent and heir of the wealthy Bristol merchant and philanthropist, Edward Colston.
She was the daughter of Clement Francis (died 1792), a physician and medical writer, and his wife Charlotte Ann Burney, daughter of Charles Burney and sister of Frances Burney. [2] Her mother married, secondly, in 1798, Ralph Broome (1742–1805), against her father's wishes. [3] Marianne early studied Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic.
After the 1792 revolution established the First French Republic, [1] the insignia of the monarchy was removed from the seal. Over time, the new seal changed. At first, it featured Marianne, symbol of the revolution. It evolved to show that the people developed their culture and politics.
The concept of liberty has frequently been represented by personifications, often loosely shown as a female classical goddess. [1] Examples include Marianne, the national personification of the French Republic and its values of Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, and the female Liberty portrayed in artworks, on United States coins beginning in 1793, and many other depictions.
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