About this object
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ID:
85.570
Production date:
1713
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Location:
In Store
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Silk handkerchief commemorating the Peace Treaty concluded at Utrecht in 1713. Silk; engraved and plate printed in black ink by Charles Weston at the Nag's Head in Bishopsgate Street near Leadenhall, 1713. This commemoration of the Treaty of Utrecht is placed within a circular border which Weston had earlier used in conjunction with 'Ogilby's Roads' (Map of England). Weston's reference to the latter is the earliest example of a cloth map actually being referred to as a handkerchief. Ogilby's Map of England had first been published in 1675. < ...Read more
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Measurements
H 620 mm; W 624 mm (handkerchief), H 680 mm; W 676 mm (board)
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Materials
silk; ink
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Last Updated
2024-03-26
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