Design for a Frontispiece, Allegory of America, Graphite, pen and brown ink, red chalk, brush and gray wash on white paper lined with heavy laid paper, Reclining figures, symbolizing American Indians, flank a bison head, forming adjuncts to a cartouche enframement. At either side, portrait busts of Amerigo Vespucci, left, and Christopher Columbus, right. Crocodiles form outer side extremities, left and right (left one may be a later addition)., Netherlands, ca. 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Frontispiece, Allegory, America, Graphite, pen, brown ink, red chalk, brush, gray wash, white paper lined, heavy laid paper, Reclining figures, symbolizing American Indians, flank, bison head, forming adjuncts, cartouche enframement, side, portrait busts, Amerigo Vespucci, left, Christopher Columbus, right, Crocodiles form outer side extremities, left, right, left, later addition, Netherlands, ca, 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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