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The hidden profiles of George III and Queen Charlotte are created at right by the irregular outlines of crowned vase, while those of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette appear at left, created by two snakes holding up a fleur-de-lys.
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Title: Puzzle Portraits of the Kings and Queens of England and France
Artist and publisher:
Daniel Orme (British, Manchester 1766–1837 Buxton, Derbyshire)
Subject:
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (French (born Austria), Vienna 1755–1792 Paris)
Subject:
Louis XVI, King of France (French, Versailles 1754–1793 Paris)
Subject:
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (British, London 1738–1820 Windsor)
Subject:
Charlotte, Queen of England (1744–1818)
Date: 1794
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 4 13/16 in. (7.9 × 12.3 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1926
Accession Number: 26.28.631
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