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Great Britain, Orders of the Thistle and Saint Patrick, Plate XXXIII, 1844
£245
$325 · €290
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1844
- Technique
- Wood Engraving
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light wear to the bottom left corner. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean.
- Collection
- Uniforms & regiments
- Era
- 1816 to 1899, Empire and industry
- Stock no.
- BG-13055-39
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
This is an original antique wood engraving, colored by hand with watercolor, showing the insignia of two British orders. At upper left is a silver rayed star with a green shamrock bearing three gold crowns on a red saltire, within a blue lettered ring. At middle right the badge of the same order, an oval with the crowned shamrock on a red saltire inside a lettered gold band and a wreath of shamrocks, hangs on a large sky blue ribbon. At upper right is a silver rayed star overlaid with a white saltire edged in gold, with a purple thistle on gold in a green lettered ring. At middle left the oval badge shows Saint Andrew in a purple robe holding his white saltire cross against gold rays, inside a green lettered band, on a large green ribbon. At the foot is a section of a gold collar of thistles and sprigs of leaves, with a pendant of Saint Andrew and his cross on a rayed gold ground.
The running head reads "GRANDE BRETAGNE." (Great Britain) and the plate number "XXXIII." The items are numbered 5 to 9. The star 5 and the badge 9 read "QUIS SEPARABIT" (who shall separate us?) with the date "MDCCLXXXIII" (1783), the motto of the Order of Saint Patrick. The star 8 and the badge 6 read "NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT" (no one provokes me with impunity), the motto of the Order of the Thistle. The collar 7 is not lettered.
The plate comes from Ordres de Chevalerie et Marques d'Honneur, published by Auguste Wahlen in Brussels by the Librairie Historique-Artistique, rue de Schaerbeek, 12, in 1844. The half title reads Histoire, costumes, décorations de tous les ordres de chevalerie, et marques d'honneur. Auguste Wahlen was the pen name of the Belgian writer Jean-François-Nicolas Loumyer (1801 to 1875), and the title page lists his own knighthoods in the orders of Prussia, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Hanover, Greece, the Roman States, Saxe-Coburg and Brazil.
The green and blue ribbons of Scotland and Ireland side by side make this a natural plate for a Scottish or Irish interior.
Condition: Light wear to the bottom left corner. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
