Seal_of_Providence,_Rhode_Island.svg
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| Description |
English:
Seal of the City of
Providence, Rhode Island
, featuring the likeness of
Roger Williams
landing at
Slate Rock
and being greeted by a group of
Narragansett people
. The city motto "What cheer?", is said to be derived from the line "What cheer, netop?", "netop" being a Narragansett word for friend. In effect this line basically translates to "what cheer[y news have you brought] friend?".
|
| Date | |
| Source | Financial Report of the City of Providence, 2006 |
| Author | Simtropolitan , original designer unknown |
|
This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer . This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929. |
| This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. | |
Although the source given here is from 2006, the current design of the seal has existed since the nineteenth century, with originals seen in reports from
1863
,
1865
, and
1878
. The very earliest iteration of this seal with the same concept but different rendering appears in
1845
.