(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.
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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