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Uncolored engraved sheet with English text extolling the virtues of "Merchandize" (Merchandise?). With two whales made out of curlicue patterns, and a decorative header featuring a fanciful galley strewn with leaves atop which are a dragon and a dolphin; a sign on the galley reads " THE DRAGON, OR THE None Such Galley".


whales
1738-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Bickham, G. J.; Champion, J.
ink; laid paper
13 in x 8 in
Britain