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Valentine card
Valentine of embossed, lace-paper with embossed details of tasselled curtains, doves, fruit and flowers. A central silvered embossed paper frame with applied sprigs of real moss. Inside is a cut-paper embossed and silvered female figure standing in a silvered scallop shell against a cream paper background. A lozenge with gilded frame affixed at lower centre contains a printed verse: 'Loves dwells amidst / The starry sky, / And breathes on earth / In every sigh.' A roughly-cut, loose purple slip paper appears to be a later addition. The interior of the card is blank. A diamond mark embossed onto the paper at upper left gives the date the design was registered as 4th September, 1854.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
09-04
AD 1854
Accession number: P.14342-R-66
Primary reference Number: 206546
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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