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Orders of Denmark, Order of the Elephant and Dannebrog, Plate XIX, 1844
$275
€245 · £210
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1844
- Technique
- Wood Engraving
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. 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-13055-23
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, showing insignia of the Kingdom of Denmark. At the upper left is a silver star (1) with a gold ring and laurel wreath around a red center bearing a cross of studs. At the upper right a second star (4) is a white cross edged in red and gold, lettered and crowned, on silver rays. In the middle on the left is the badge of the Order of the Elephant (2): a white elephant with a blue cloth set with jewels, a red tower on its back and a dark rider holding a goad, hanging from a blue ribbon. Beside it the same cross as star 4, without rays (5), the cross of the Order of the Dannebrog. Below are two collars: on the left (3) two gold elephants with blue cloths marked D on either side of a tower, linked by chains; on the right (6) crowned W monograms and red and white crosses around a crowned C monogram.
The running head is printed "DANEMARCK." (Denmark) and the plate number "XIX.". The pieces are numbered 1 to 6. The crosses 4 and 5 read "GUD OG KONGEN" (God and the King), set out on the arms as OG, GUD, KON, GEN around a crowned W.
The plate comes from Ordres de Chevalerie et Marques d'Honneur, published by Auguste Wahlen and issued in Brussels by the Librairie Historique-Artistique, rue de Schaerbeek, 12, in 1844. Auguste Wahlen was the pen name of the Belgian writer Jean-François-Nicolas Loumyer (1801 to 1875), whose title page lists his own knighthoods in orders of Prussia, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Hanover, Greece, the Roman States, Saxe-Coburg and Brazil.
The white elephant badge shown beside its collar makes this a distinctive plate to frame.
Condition: 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.
