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Tis sweet to Love: P.14342-R-26

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Titles

Tis sweet to Love

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Very small valentine (70 x 50 mm). White, embossed and gilded lace-paper with central circular aperture containing a coloured lithograph of a blond-haired boy with a canary. A paper swag with printed motto at lower centre: 'Tis sweet / to Love'. Opens to hand written message: "Mamma / 1861". The inscription appears to be written in the same hand as those found in P.14342-R-7 and P.14342-R-27 and which would seem to identify these cards as a group that were sent from a mother to her child in the 1860s.

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

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1861

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Colour printing
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14342-R-26
Primary reference Number: 206506

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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