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Valentine card
Quarto valentine with embossed lace border and internal lithographed border printed in gold ink of a leaf and flower garland with a pair of doves at upper centre and Cupid's quiver and arrows at lower centre. A further embossed 'lace' oval border at the centre. A hand-coloured lithograph of a soldier in a landscape, cut into an oval and affixed at the centre, a hand-drawn scalloped border of green ink around it. A handwritten motto in pen and blue ink is written across the embossed paper above and below the central image: 'Give me thy heart and in exchange / I offer one time ne'er shall change". The interior of the card is blank.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14342-R-29
Primary reference Number: 206509
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Valentine card" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/206509 Accessed: 2024-11-16 23:42:13
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