'Montemurro' mb-artistname Hunter the playing card the Knave

the playing card the Knave of Spades

This is a satire on the King's request for an establishment for the Prince & Princess of Wales and payment of the Prince's debts

the latter endorsed 'London Novr

19th January 1967

'Montemurro' mb-artistname Hunter the playing card the KnaveLandscape view of the clay bank below the town of Montemurro, Italy, above which is the nearly completely destroyed [by earthquake] town, with ruins visible on a plateau. Inscribed verso in ink and pencil 'Monte Murro' and numbered '21'. Inscribed in pencil 'Photog 259'. Reproduced as a lithograph in Mallet's 1862 Report, vol. 2 pp. 2 3. Collected by Robert Mallet. Original: albumen print. 1857 1858