Textile / sample

Description

Sample of printed cotton cloth showing part of a commemorative handkerchief with copper plate image of Admiral Dundas (either James Whitley Deans Dundas or Richard Saunders Dundas, it is not clear which) who fought in the Crimean War, with a floral border, produced to commemorate British and French victories in the Crimean War, part of the Turkey Red Collection: Scottish, Dunbartonshire, 1853 - 1856

Museum reference

A.1962.1266.6.20.535

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Textile / sample, Handkerchief / part

Date

1853 - 1856

Materials

Cotton

Associations

Turkey Red Collection

Exhibitions

• Colouring the Nation
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