The Four Continents: America, Asia, Africa, Europe
date: label: Date
content: 1813
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Female figure with head gear of feathers sits upon base of enormous column and writes: COLOMBO. View of sea and ships at right. Inscribed in graphite: America. At top right: female figure seated upon couch. View of palms and pyramids at right. Inscribed: Asia. Bottom left: female figure seated at foot of castle, posed just after shooting arrow. Inscribed on wall of castle: Spog. Bottom right: Europe. Female figure wearing helmet holding wreath lyre, seated among Roman monuments.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-1648
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on light brown laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.6 x 36.5 cm (10 1/2 x 14 3/8 in.)