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This is the four of hearts, one of a pack of 53 playing cards engraved in 1691 by Walter Scott, an Edinburgh goldsmith. The cards show the royal arms and arms of the Scottish nobility who sat in Parliament.

The card depicts the arms of four Scottish Viscounts - Cheney, Viscount of Newheven, Mackenzie, Viscount of Tarbit and Spenser, Viscount of Tevet.

The 'queens' is this pack of cards show the arms of the Dukes of Hamilton, Gordon, Queensberry and Lennox. The 'kings' have the arms of Scotland, France, Ireland and England.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-824-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.NS 211
• Date: 1691
  
• Material: Card, playing / photograph
  
• Dimensions: 80 mm H x 60 mm W
  
• What: Card, playing / photograph
  
• Subject:
• Who: Lyon Office
  Walter Scott, Edinburgh (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Pack of playing-cards with the arms of the Scottish nobility, by Walter Scott, Edinburgh, 1691, comprising 53 cards in all together with a photograph of the missing seven of hearts
  
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