Museum Collections

Cotton copper-engraved kerchief of allegorical figures of the four continents; top left is Europe a woman with a cornucopia and globe; top right is America, a woman holding a Liberty cap on a pole and a shield with an American armorial; bottom left is Asia, a male figure with a staff and book in Turkish dress, with palm trees and pyramids behind; Africa is a male with a bow and arrow and animal pelt; printed in sepia on white ground; decorative border.