Card set
Edward Orme
Category
Coins and medals
Date
1815
Materials
Cardboard, watercolour paint, leather and silk
Measurements
18 mm (Height) x 87 mm (Depth)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609988.1
Summary
Set of thirteen (fourteen?) circular cards printed with various battle scenes from the Napoleonic Wars. Details picked out in coloured washes and historical information printed on reverse. Originally linked by pink ribbon. Contained in a red leather case. Manufactured by Edward Orme of Bond Street, London in 1815 and representing a RECORD OF BRITISH MILITARY VALOUR (as inscribed on the box lid). The engagements depicted are: Vimiera, Douro, Talavera, Bussaco, Albuera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vitoria, Pamplona, San Sebastian, Toulouse, Salamanca and Waterloo. The same object exists within the British Museum Collection, see M.6585.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
RECORD OF BRITISH MILITARY VALOUR (Lid stamped in gold)
Makers and roles
Edward Orme