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See Europe here! for Arms, and Arts renown'd, ..
Title
See Europe here! for Arms, and Arts renown'd, ... [graphic] / Amiconi pinxt ; Moor fecit.
Publication
London : Printed for & sold by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, [before 1765]
Physical Description
1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 35.8 x 26.3 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title from the first line of verse below image.
Printmaker from Chaloner Smith.
Before 1765 (see British Museum online catalogue).
Verse continue: ... Where still they flourish on th' improving plan. If other clines with greater wealth abound, Europe's the Eden of accomplish'd Man.
See Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, volume 3, page 941 for mention of an earlier state of this series of four plates "Quarters of the World": "Sold by I. McArdell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden & R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street".
One of a series of four allegorical prints, the others depicting Asia, America, and Africa.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides; trimmed within plate mark at bottom edge.
Summary
"A man on horseback riding to left and pointing ahead of him with his whip, accompanied by a man on foot who carries a gun and gestures with his hat at a globe, palette and dividers on the ground in the foreground; classical ruins and a large building in the background."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
See Europe here! for Arms, and Arts renowned
Quarters of the world.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 02, 2024
Subjects
Genre/Form
Allegorical prints.
Mezzotints - England - London - 1760.
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