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The Strange Plate print

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Print made by the prominent Scottish artist and etcher Sir D Y Cameron (1865 -1945).
In 1928 The Strange Plate came into the museum’s collection, a copper plate made in 1746 and intended to print bank notes for the Jacobite cause. Cameron, was one of the earliest supporters of the museum which was founded in 1922. As one of the foremost printers of his day, he printed 57 signed proofs from the plate and these were sold for 10/6 to raise funds for the museum. Prints sold at auction in 2019 and 2020 made £875 and £1,625 respectively. The object featured in the West Highland Museum’s “Prince Charles Edward and the ’45 Campaign” exhibition, 1925.

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1928 Sir D Y Cameron bank note print

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1928 Sir D Y Cameron penny note print

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2021 Edinburgh Printmakers bank note print

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Strange plate podcast

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1909 W B Blaikie bank note print

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1909 W B Blaikie penny note print

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