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(ALLEGORIES.) Europe, America / Asia, Africa.
(ALLEGORIES.) Europe, America / Asia, Africa.
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(ALLEGORIES.) Europe, America / Asia, Africa. Pair of hand-colored mezzotints, 10¼ x 14¼ inches; some restoration in margins, light toning. - London: P. Gally, 6 October 1804

This pair of representations of the four major continents apparently takes inspiration from Stampa's 4-print Emblems series, released 4 years earlier. Once again, the allegorical "America" wears a feathered headdress, holds an American flag, and stands aside a small monument to George Washington. In this one, her American Indian (or enslaved?) sidekick sits behind her, apparently learning to read; a rattlesnake slithers on the ground at her feet (a symbol of the betrayal of England?). Hart 83.
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(ALLEGORIES.) Europe, America / Asia, Africa.

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