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Ever faithful: P.14342-R-18

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ever faithful

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Embossed gilded lace-paper front, with areas overpainted in purple. An applied silk ribbon at lower centre and with varnished chromolithographic print of a dog mounted on a silk panel at the centre with a garland of cut-paper, hand-coloured and embossed flowers. A printed motto on a paper scroll at upper centre: 'Ever faithful'. Card opens to handwritten verse: 'Roses are red / and violets blue / Carnation sweet / And so are you / / And so are they / that sent you this / And when we meet / We will have a kiss. / Ever yours & c'.

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

Embossing
Colour printing
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14342-R-18
Primary reference Number: 206498
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Tuesday 24 May 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Ever faithful" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/206498 Accessed: 2024-11-20 04:23:11

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