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Description: | RH inscr on plate t. c. "PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN 16 APRIL 1746"; inscr on plate b. l. "Sold in May's Building Covent Garden, According to Act of Parliamt. 1746"; inscr in red ink outside plate t. l. "Portef. 2. 1171"; inscr outside plate in pencil b, which is diffcult to read. CRE UNKNOWN; (British; 18th century) This is an example of "anamorphosis". When viewed normally the print shows the battle plan; when held lenthways and looked at horizontally in line with the eye there is an equestrian portrait of the Duke of Cumberland" | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | MAP : CULLODEN : SCOTTISH : BATTLE : CUMBERLAND : JACOBITE : LOST TREASURES : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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