The Strange Plate

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Title

The Strange Plate

Subject

Jacobite

Description

A copper printing plate commissioned by Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720 - 1788) in 1746.
Designed and etched by the artist Robert Strange (1721 -1792), the plate is completely unique and was intended to be used to print bank notes during the 1745 Rising, but was never used. When the Jacobite army was defeated at the Battle of Culloden, the army fled and the plate was found abandoned at Loch Laggan. It was presented to Clan MacPherson and remained in their care until the museum purchased it in 1928. The object featured in the West Highland Museum’s “Prince Charles Edward and the ’45 Campaign” exhibition, 1925.

Creator

Robert Strange

Source

1745_rising,culloden,objects,jacobite

Date

1746

Contributor

vanessa

Language

English

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

3

Date Modified

12/03/2021

Extent

L 215 mm x W 203 mm

Medium

West Highland Museum

Spatial Coverage

find,57.47888063629827,-4.225573539733888;

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

West Highlands Museum

Europeana Type

TEXT

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

Prim Media

6

Material

copper

Object Number

689

Citation

Robert Strange, “The Strange Plate,” West Highalnds Museum, accessed January 23, 2025, https://whm100.org/omeka/items/show/5.

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