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Sweden, Red Crosses, Collar and Medals, Plate LXXXI, Wood Engraving, 1844
€295
$330 · £250
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1844
- Technique
- Wood Engraving
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light wear to the bottom right and top left corners. 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-13055-90
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 Swedish insignia and medals. At top left is a red cross with flared arms edged in gold. At top right is a collar section of gold chain linking two crowned blue shields, each with three crowns drawn on the blue, a gold sheaf at the center, and at each end a red and white oval within a radiating gold border. At left, on a red watered ribbon, hangs a crowned red cross with gold edges and a white center bearing an interlaced monogram with a numeral, with a gold ring below enclosing a triangle and the letter G. At right two oval gold medals hang from a fine chain, one showing a winged figure with wreaths over a landscape with masts and a flag, the other lettered within a laurel wreath. At the bottom, on a ribbon of yellow and blue, are a gold medal with a crowned star cross over crossed swords and a silver medal lettered within a wreath.
The running head reads "SUÈDE." (Sweden) and the plate number "LXXXI." The items are numbered 12 to 16. The lettered oval medal reads "53 PIENTELIGA FARTŸC EPOFRADE D 9DE JULY 1790.", miscut Swedish for 53 enemy vessels captured, 9 July 1790, and the silver medal reads "FÖR TAPPFRKET I FÄLT.", the Swedish for bravery in the field (printed for tapperhet).
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; its 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 plates are relief prints, wood engravings colored by hand with watercolor.
Condition: Light wear to the bottom right and top left corners. 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.
