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Christopher Columbus, Jean-Baptiste Dedéban French, Pen, ink and brown wash heightened with gouache — Christopher Columbus
Jean-Baptiste Dedéban
Sitter Christopher Columbus
1805–49

Columbus Breaking the Egg, William Hogarth British, Etching and engraving; second state of two — Columbus Breaking the Egg
William Hogarth
Subject Christopher Columbus
December 1, 1753

Columbus Breaking the Egg, William Hogarth British, Etching and engraving; first state of two — Columbus Breaking the Egg
William Hogarth
Subject Christopher Columbus
April 1752

The Death of Christopher Columbus, from "Le Monde Illustré", Henry Linton British, Wood engraving — The Death of Christopher Columbus, from "Le Monde Illustré"
Multiple artists/makers
July 14, 1860

Christopher Columbus, from the "Heroes of History" series (T68), issued with Miners Extra Smoking Tobacco, Natural Leaf Scrap, and Royal Bengals Little Cigars, Royal Bengals Little Cigars American, Commercial color lithograph — Christopher Columbus, from the "Heroes of History" series (T68), issued with Miners Extra Smoking Tobacco, Natural Leaf Scrap, and Royal Bengals Little Cigars
Publisher Issued by Royal Bengals Little Cigars
Sitter Christopher Columbus
1911

The Century Gallery of 100 Portraits, Selected from The Century Magazine

Multiple artists/makers

1897

Christopher Columbus

Victor Louis Focillon

Sitter Christopher Columbus

1892

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