Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria, King of Diamonds Playing Card (1858)

A hand-colored lithograph playing card shows a standing man in a dark green military dress uniform with gold braiding, red trousers, black knee boots, and a fur-trimmed red cape, with a red diamond pip in the upper left corner. He rests a gloved hand on a sword hilt beside a fur-draped chair and a red cushion with gold ornament.

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