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A timepiece steeped in history—this 18K tricolor gold Jacquemart automaton quarter repeater pocket watch, purportedly owned by the Marquis de Lafayette, embodies both technical mastery and revolutionary legacy. | A timepiece steeped in history—this 18K tricolor gold Jacquemart automaton quarter repeater pocket watch, purportedly owned by the Marquis de Lafayette, embodies both technical mastery and revolutionary legacy. | ||
=====Europe's earliest views of America===== | |||
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The painting "Indians of Virginia" by James Wooldridge offers a third-generation view of Algonquian Indians. Created for the Earl of Conway, it's based on late 16th-century prints and watercolors by John White. The artwork combines European artistic conventions with the exotic, presenting a familiar yet intriguing image of the New World. | |||
