Austria, Ace of Diamonds, Imperial Playing Card

A hand-colored card showing a black double-headed eagle with spread wings, crowned and bearing a red diamond on a white shield at its center, flanked by coats of arms and a sword. The word AUTRICHE is printed along the bottom edge.

Artist

B.P. Grimaud

Date

1858

Medium

Lithograph on glazed paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1322 × 1920 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum