Allegories of Africa and America

n.d.
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Allegories of Africa and America
  • Artist: Claude Louis Desrais (French, Paris 1746–1816 Paris)
  • Date: n.d.
  • Medium: Pen, black ink, brown wash, heightened with white
  • Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. (14.3 x 18.4 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.208.96
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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