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[[File:Columb1.jpg|thumb|430px|[[Thomas Nast]], the great cartoonist of the 1870s, often used Columbia to portray America. Here she is enslaved by taxes. ''Harper's Weekly'' Feb. 9, 1878]]
[[File:Columb1.jpg|thumb|430px|[[Thomas Nast]], the great cartoonist of the 1870s, often used Columbia to portray America. Here she is enslaved by taxes. ''Harper's Weekly'' Feb. 9, 1878]]
Wheatley's poem was based heavily on classical Roman sources, which she used in translation, and as befits a model of [[Republicanism]], Columbia is garbed in Roman dress.<ref>Thomas J. Steele, "The Figure of Columbia: Phillis Wheatley plus George Washington," ''New England Quarterly,'' Vol. 54, No. 2 (Jun., 1981), pp. 264-266 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/364975 in JSTOR]</ref>
Wheatley's poem was based heavily on classical Roman sources, which she used in translation, and as befits a model of [[Republicanism]], Columbia is garbed in Roman dress.<ref>Thomas J. Steele, "The Figure of Columbia: Phillis Wheatley plus George Washington," ''New England Quarterly,'' Vol. 54, No. 2 (Jun., 1981), pp. 264-266 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/364975 in JSTOR]</ref>
Columbia usually was disdainful of aristocracy and royalty, and was of mixed feelings bout imperialism. [[File:Columbia4.jpg|thumb|320px|Columbia is a sailor in McKinley's navy, and is trying on "world power" on April 6, 2001; the feather is smoke representing expansion into the Pacific and caribbean]] ]]
As an iconic image of America, Columbia was commonly used in World War I, but she was displaced by the [[Statue of Liberty]] in the 1920s, and is today seldom seen. A Hollywood studio took the name "Columbia Pictures" in 1924 and still features Columbia's image at the start of its films; the studio is now owned by SONY of Japan.
As an iconic image of America, Columbia was commonly used in World War I, but she was displaced by the [[Statue of Liberty]] in the 1920s, and is today seldom seen. A Hollywood studio took the name "Columbia Pictures" in 1924 and still features Columbia's image at the start of its films; the studio is now owned by SONY of Japan.