Richmond Rose, c. 1850C. Adler's Printing Establishment HamburgThis souvenir for tourists to Richmond is a spectacular piece of printingand paper-cutting on a miniature scale. It contains scenes of Hampton Court,Richmond and Kew, consisting of twelve tiny steel-engraved views on one sideof the sheet and sixteen on the other. The two sides of the rose are alsovery delicately printed from an intaglio plate in red and green inks.The sheet folds three times until only the two coloured segments arevisible, transforming the souvenir into what appears to be a paper rose. Theprinting is miraculous, but so is the survival of such an ephemeral objectin perfect condition.