The rose, shamrock, & thistle
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Description
- Title
- The rose, shamrock, & thistle
- Alternative Title
- Rose, shamrock, and thistle
- Published / Created
- [1815]
- Publication Place
- Great Britain
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A picture puzzle engraving of a patriotic posy, the leaves of which frame voids in the shape of the profiles of eight British and European leaders in coalition against Napoleon. It may have been produced as a response to the Bonapartist "Corporal Violette," whose flower included profiles of the Emperor Napoleon, Maria Louisa, and the young King of Rome
- Description
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"To general union, this plate containing profiles of eight illustrious personages is most humbly inscribed, by a friend of liberty."
"Left side: Prince Regent, King of Prussia, Marshall Blucher. Right side: King of England, Emperor of Austria, Duke of Wellington. Center: Louis XVIII, Emperor of Russia."
BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored. Trimmed to plate mark.
1 print : etching ; plate mark 16.3 x 12.3 cm, on sheet 16.9 x 12.9 cm.
Printed on thin card; hand-colored. - Provenance
- Michael S. Kemp; August 2024.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 17 x 13 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 815.00.00.19
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Botanical illustrations
Engravings Hand-colored 1815
Picture puzzles
Chron - Material
- engraving ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- text and still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Europe.
Great Britain - Subject (Name)
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Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825.
Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819.
Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835.
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840.
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852. - Subject (Topic)
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Napoleon
Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Signs and symbols
Political aspects
Politics and government - Subjects
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Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825
Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819
Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Signs and symbols > Political aspects > Europe
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1800-1837
Hand-colored > 1815
Chron > 1815
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11288948
- Object ID (OID)
- 33240924
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