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The Rose, Shamrock & Thistle

Trick Picture
ca. 1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Trick picture containing hidden portraits of the rulers and military leaders of the Allies. Lettered with title, names of the persons portrayed and 'To General Union. This Plate containing Profiles of Eight Illustrious Personages is most humbly Inscribed by a Friend of Liberty'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Rose, Shamrock & Thistle (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching, coloured by hand
Brief description
The Rose, Shamrock and Thistle. Trick picture containing hidden portraits of the rulers and military leaders of the Allies, c.1815.
Physical description
Trick picture containing hidden portraits of the rulers and military leaders of the Allies. Lettered with title, names of the persons portrayed and 'To General Union. This Plate containing Profiles of Eight Illustrious Personages is most humbly Inscribed by a Friend of Liberty'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.51cm
  • Width: 12.38cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions
'To General Union. This Plate containing Profiles of Eight Illustrious Personages is most humbly Inscribed by a Friend of Liberty' (Lettered with title, names of the persons portrayed and)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Guy Tristram Little
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
E.2314-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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