IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 206546 accession number: P.14342-R-66 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 13 August 2015 updated: Tuesday 12 February 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. title: Valentine card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/206546 TECHNIQUES ---------- embossing CATEGORIES ------ category: print category: album DATING ------ creation date: 1854 - 1854 creation date earliest: 1854 creation date latest: 1854 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14342_R_66_1_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 686 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14342_R_66_1_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 746 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14342_R_66_1_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 686 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14342_R_66_1_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 373 pixels width: 250 pixels