L'Afrique from playing cards "Jeu d'Or"

Anonymous, French, 18th century · French

Date: 1700–99

Medium: Etching and hand coloring (watercolor)

Dimensions: 3 3/16 × 2 1/16 in. (8.1 × 5.3 cm)

Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture

Themes: Cornucopia, Lions, Playing Cards, Women

Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959

Date range

1700 – 1799

Largest dimension

5.3 cm

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