Gold, Iv’ry, Coral, Africa may boast

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“Two Africans on a shore, one on the left kneeling with one foot in the water and plants in his hand, the other standing, holding a spear and looking up at a third man who passes, riding a laden elephant; a palm tree, lion and elephant in the background.”–British Museum online catalogue.

  • Printmaker: Moore, James, active approximately 1761-1763, printmaker.
  • Title: Gold, Iv’ry, Coral, Africa may boast, … [graphic] / Amiconi pinxt ; Moor fecit.
  • Publication: London : Printed for & sold by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, [before 1765]

Catalog Record

765.00.00.97+

Acquired February 2024

America! of wealth thou modern mine

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“Two native Americans wearing fronded head-dresses and armed with arrows, on a sea-shore, one kneeling on a rock with one hand propped on cones from a palm-tree, the other standing clothed in a goat’s skin, gesturing out to left with an ingot in one hand; a crocodile on the sand, a European ship at sea and three figures gathered around a hammock set between palms under a canopy on rocks in the upper right; from a set of the four quarters of the world; republished state.”–British Museum online catalogue.

  • Printmaker: Moore, James, active approximately 1761-1763, printmaker.
  • Title: America! of wealth thou modern mine … [graphic] / Amiconi pinxt ; Moor fecit.
  • Edition: [State 2].
  • Publication: London : Printed for & sold by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, [approximately 1765]

Catalog Record

765.00.00.02.1+

Acquired February 2024