Caption

Amérique, Personification of America, print, France, publisher: Jacques-Louis Bance, Paris, 1771 - 1847, printmaker, paper, stippelwerk, etching, height 185 mm x width 132 mm, Possibly part of a series with personifications of the continents., America represented allegorically, 'America' (Ripa), indigenous peoples of North America, A detailed engraved bust of a person wearing a feathered headdress and a beaded necklace, with curly hair and a single earring, dressed in draped garments and a fur-like shoulder covering, a quiver of arrows visible behind one shoulder and a bow partially visible at the other, all rendered in fine stippled and line shading on a light background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B33_136

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Rights managed

Available size

55.7Mb (12.2Mb) / 11.5in x 18.8in / 3453 x 5636 (300dpi)

Keywords

Amérique Personification America print France publisher Jacques-Louis Bance Paris 1771 - 1847 printmaker paper stippelwerk etching height 185 mm x width 132 mm part series personifications continents represented allegorically Ripa indigenous peoples North America detailed engraved bust person wearing feathered headdress beaded necklace curly hair single earring dressed draped garments fur- shoulder covering quiver arrows visible shoulder bow partially visible rendered fine stippled line shading light background