Drawings

Canada; Africa

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1901
Accession number: 2000.5.1606
Makers: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 40 1/4 x 13 5/8 in. (102.2 x 34.6 cm.)
Medium: graphite on paper
Description: Two figures standing in profile to left, foreground figure is female, in long robes, representing Canada, holding grain in right hand, sword in left. Figure behind, representing Africa, wrapped in cloth, grasping spear in both hands. Landscape background, scroll above reading "AF / RICA CANADA"
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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