King of Coins: P.60-1939(1)

Current Location: In storage

Titles

King of Coins

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Aspiotis, Gerasimos
Painter: Aspiotis, Nikolaos (After)

Entities

Playing card

Categories

Print

Description

A double-ended court card featuring a bearded king wearing a crown and red cloak with sceptre and shield resting against his left shoulder. He holds aloft a large coin with an urn design at the centre in his right hand. The opposite image holds a coin with a radial design at the centre. The card is untitled. From a complete set of 52 Greek playing cards of the Venetian type. Lithography in black ink, coloured with three stones of blue, red and yellow. The backs of the cards feature a lithographed design in blue ink of a repeated crown pattern.

Legal notes

Given by Sir Stephen Gaselee, 1939

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1939) by Gaselee, Stephen

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1873 - Circa 1902

Note

Height 94mm x width 47mm

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.60-1939(1)
Primary reference Number: 224947
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Monday 2 October 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "King of Coins" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/224947 Accessed: 2024-05-03 02:05:29

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            University of Cambridge}}

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