Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, Queen of Diamonds Playing Card

A hand-colored playing card showing a woman in a pale gown with lace trim and blue bows, draped in a plum-colored shawl. She rests one hand on a red cushion topped with a gilded crown, against a soft landscape. A red diamond sits in the upper left corner.

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