IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 206489 accession number: P.14342-R-9 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 13 August 2015 updated: Tuesday 12 February 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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). title: Valentine card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/206489 TECHNIQUES ---------- hand colouring TECHNIQUES ---------- embossing CATEGORIES ------ category: print category: album DATING ------ culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Kershaw, George IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14342_R_9_1_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 814 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14342_R_9_1_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 629 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14342_R_9_1_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 814 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14342_R_9_1_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 314 pixels width: 250 pixels