1593000232000 1536161064000 Standard Record object-225087 1753812158399 1705325858000 1753812119276 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-225087 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225087 af4564e8-f47c-32b7-97d5-7c9efe3eeea4 8 reference term-98032 adlib-term-98032 82c0807b-e8e4-3d5c-ac68-1a6390880fea print Paintings, Drawings and Prints A hand-coloured etching and engraving on pasteboard of a druidic-type figure with a long white beard, dressed in a long brown robe with a hood and wearing sandals on his feet. The figure holds a long white staff in his left hand and a golden ball in his right. A mountainous landscape with a path through crags is seen in the background. The figure represents Merlin, 'the magic prophet, cabinet counsellor to Vortigern, Aurelius Ambrosius, Uter Pendragon, father to King Arthur, and King Arthur who was his pupil, knight of Scotland', as described in the Baker & Co. pamphlet that was published with the cards, see below. A large yellow diamond, sub-divided into four, at upper right. The diamond suit is here styled as a lozenge which references the Argyle pattern derived from Scottish Clan Campbell of Argyll. The card is untitled. From a pack of 52 playing cards which employs fanciful suits based on French and German models themed according to the countries of the United Kingdom: England (Acorns), Scotland (Diamonds), Wales (Spades) and Ireland (Hearts). The British Museum has a set of these cards (1848,1209.296-349) which includes an uncoloured title-card printed with the publisher's details as follows: 'Baker & Co's Eclectic Cards. For England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales. Sold Wholesale and Retail at their Manufactory, No. 2 King Arthur or New Card Court, York Street, Black Friar's Road, London. N.B. To be had of all Respectable Stationers in the United Kingdom'. This pack is also accompanied by a twelve-page printed pamphlet which gives, 'A short account of Baker and Co.'s Complete, Grand, Historical, Eclectic Cards, for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, being a selection or an Eclectic Company of Twelve of the most eminent personages that ever distinguished themselves in those respective countries for Heroic Deeds, Wisdom, &c.', and which was printed by Theodore Page, Black Friar's Road in 1813. P.2-1940(16) 1 accession number P.2-1940(16) 225087 priref 225087 Willshire (1876) English 183 Schreiber (playing cards) 1.102 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225087 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225087 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by E. Evelyn Barron, 1940-02-06 reference agent-149741 adlib-agent-149741 5ea44bbc-5087-32f2-8cf9-6aae589876a2 Barron, E. Evelyn 1940 1940 1940-02-06 given 1813 1813 circa 1813 printmaker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown publisher reference agent-196847 adlib-agent-196847 7a8b02cd-7dac-3362-aea6-1dcabc70e29d Baker & Co height 114mm x width 71mm reference term-106853 adlib-term-106853 25492eb4-1164-35eb-8dce-3601486f3415 19th Century reference term-94829 adlib-term-94829 7f4ebbd8-99be-3d4c-91b4-0632f2758469 playing card reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-8396 adlib-term-8396 715c235d-2fad-3b71-9a65-d5db65d1b9e0 English

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