Victoria Rex thinks better of it and won't recognise traitors or harbo(u)r their pirate-eers [graphic]

Victoria Rex thinks better of it and won't recognise traitors or harbo(u)r their pirate-eers [graphic]

Victoria Rex thinks better of it and won't recognise traitors or harbo(u)r their pirate-eers. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts a dismissive Britain (Victoria Rex) mounted on a lion gazing at the young upstart Confederacy, represented by the character of a rooster. The rooster carries the seven-star Confederate flag, which the Confederacy used as its national flag from March 4, 1861 until May 21, 1861.

Note: Title from item.

Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. USM 017

between 1861 and 1865

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English

A1985/012/0380

William Caleb Loring Illustrated Envelope Collection. See the Museum Archives for more information regarding this collection.

Illustrated Patriotic Envelopes of the American Civil War exhibition

1 item ; 9 x 14 cm.

Gift of William Caleb Loring.