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Valentine card
White lace-paper with silvered detail. A central, embossed, die-cut chromolithographed figure group of rustic boy and girl. Die-cut chromos of flower posies affixed at upper centre (with dove holding a heart-stamped envelope in its beak), lower left and right and lower centre with embossed silk leaves to left and right. A motto printed in a lozenge within the paper at lower centre: 'GUESS WHO SENDS THIS'. Opens to handwritten inscription: '[?J]W.] Williams / 1866.'
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1866
Baxter-process print
Colour printing
Accession number: P.14342-R-34
Primary reference Number: 206514
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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