An Emblem of America

Engraver Lundin British

After Henry James Richter British

Publisher J. Le Petit

1800

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Title: An Emblem of America
Engraver: Lundin (British, active early 19th century)
Artist: After Henry James Richter (British, Middlesex 1772–1857 London)
Publisher: J. Le Petit (active London and Dublin 1798–1820)
Date: 1800
Medium: Stipple engraving, printed in color and hand-colored
Dimensions: Oval sheet: 10 13/16 × 9 3/16 in. (27.4 × 23.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959
Object Number: 59.654.30
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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