A general and the personification of Carthage argue over a globe In a niche, a statue of Saturn In the background on the left are the Carthaginian people The scene is framed in a cartouche surmounted by a medal bearing the portrait of the Carthaginian army commander Hannibal Barkas, Allegory of Carthage Title page for: K Westerbaen, Algemeene histori, 1749, print maker: Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), publisher: Hermanus & Johannes Besseling, (mentioned on object), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Utrecht, 1749, paper, etching, engraving

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