The Rose, Shamrock & Thistle

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Artist/Maker	Unknown (artist)
Place of origin	England (made)

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'.

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Categories	War Propaganda Ephemera Caricatures & Cartoons Portraits Prints
Object type	Trick picture
Title	The Rose, Shamrock & Thistle (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Etching, coloured by hand Printing Ink Watercolour Etching
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	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2314-1953

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O589313/the-rose-shamrock--thistle-trick-picture-unknown/

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