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English: Drawing, The Four Continents: America, Asia, Africa, Europe, 1813   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Drawing, The Four Continents: America, Asia, Africa, Europe, 1813
Description
English: Female figure with head gear of feathers sits upon base of enormous column and writes: COLOMBO. View of sea and ships at right. Inscribed in graphite: America. At top right: female figure seated upon couch. View of palms and pyramids at right. Inscribed: Asia. Bottom left: female figure seated at foot of castle, posed just after shooting arrow. Inscribed on wall of castle: Spog. Bottom right: Europe. Female figure wearing helmet holding wreath lyre, seated among Roman monuments.
Date 1813
date QS:P571,+1813-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on light brown laid paper
Dimensions 26.6 x 36.5 cm (10 1/2 x 14 3/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-1648
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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Type: Drawing

  • Inscribed: Inscribed in pen: COLOMBO SPQ, America, Asia, Africa
  • Period: Neoclassical
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