The rose, shamrock, & thistle[1815]engA 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"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.