Christopher Columbus, surrounded by a crowd of people, is about to embark on his ship, August 1492. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1850.

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[1850?]
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566118i
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Christopher Columbus, surrounded by a crowd of people, is about to embark on his ship, August 1492. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1850. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Paris (rue Git-le-Coeur, 11) : chez A. Bès et F. Dubreuil ; À St. Gaudens : Cassé frères, [1850?]

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image and border 20.1 x 29.4 cm

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Christophe Colomb l'amiral qui allait chercher un Nouveau-Monde ... ; Cassé frères à St. Gaudens Lettering in French and Spanish

Notes

Possibly one of the prints registered in the name of Mme Turgis on 21 September 1850: "21 septembre 1850, no. 464. Christophe Colomb à la cour d'Isabelle II. -- Départ de Christophe Colomb. -- Christophe Colomb apaise une révolte à bord. -- Christophe Colomb parmi les Indiens. -- Retour de Christophe Colomb. -- Christophe Colomb confondant ses envieux. Imp. lith. de {Mme veuve Turgis}, à Paris. A Paris, chez {Mme veuve Turgis}."-- La bibliographie de la France (1811-1881), accessed through the Image of France database, 6 December 2010. This one would be "Départ de Christophe Colomb"

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Wellcome Collection 566118i

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