The United Kingdom – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The United Kingdom, an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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This engraving presents the arms of the United Kingdom as a heraldic design rather than a scene or a portrait, and it appears as plate 1 in Arthur Charles Fox-Davies's *The Book of Public Arms*, published in 1894. The record attributes the original drawing to G.W. Eve, which was then reproduced as an engraving for the book. The shield combines the emblems of England, Scotland and Ireland, reflecting the union of Great Britain and Ireland formed in 1801. Reference images like this one mattered to readers who wanted accurate depictions of official insignia during a period of growing interest in heraldry.
| Created / published | 1894 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Engraving after drawing by G.W. Eve. Illus. in: Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Book of Public Arms, 1894, pl. 1. Ref. copy may be in Geog. File - GT. BRITAIN. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,084 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159444 |
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