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Valentine card: P.14342-R-9

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Kershaw, George

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Description

A large, collage composed of gilded lace-paper and embossed flowers with cut-paper flowers decorating a series of archways, at the centre of which is an altar where a man and woman are getting married. The altar scene is printed on embossed silver paper which is hand-coloured in green and is viewed through a cellophane window.
The collaging continues along the lower portion of the card where green tissue paper leaves and embossed cut-outs of greenery, silver foliage and Morning Glory flowers are assembled. A printed motto cut-out is affixed at upper centre: 'Oh may this trifle tend to move / Thy heart to melt with gentle love'. A hand-written inscription in blue ink is arranged above and below the altar scene: 'To thee my very dearest friend / this tribute of my love I send'
The card opens to reveal the couple at the altar seen through the window. There is a loose cut-out of a Morning Glory flower inside but no written inscriptions or dedications. 'Kershaw' blind-stamped at lower centre (visible from verso).

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Embossing

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14342-R-9
Primary reference Number: 206489

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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