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Lowry, Royal Artillery, 1840

Pack of playing cards, with suits of cups, coins, clubs and swords. Spanish. First half of 19th century. Taken by gunner Lawrence Lowry of the Royal Artillery, about 1840, from a pirate ship captured by British war vessel; and brought into Port Royal, Jamaica, where he was stationed from 1839.;

Lowry, Royal Artillery, 1840

Object Number:
HA:1926.15.1

Institution:
NMI

Date:
1840

Creator:

Place of production:
Spain

Collections:

Arms and Armour - Militaria Collection
Textile - Childhood and Game Collection

Exhibitions:

Soldiers and Chiefs

Subjects:

Port Royal, Jamaica, West Indies