Allegories of Africa and America

Claude Louis Desrais French

n.d.

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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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