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Valentine card
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Park, A.
Loose within album P.14347-R. A hand-coloured lithograph on 4to-sized wove paper, a drawing-room scene below enclosed within a stylised border. A lady sits on a sofa, an open valentine beside her. She holds a rose in her left hand and looks towards a man leaning against the sofa on the right. A small Cupid prepares to fire his bow from a pedestal on the left. A stylised border part encloses a printed verse above: "While the notes of love are sounding, / Cupid aims his tiny dart…". Printed at lower centre: Pub by A. PARK London. A hand written inscription in black ink at upper right: "No 22 - 6d [sixpence]". Another inscription in graphite in a different hand at upper right: "Sentimental". The inside pages are blank. From a series. P.14347-R-L2 is another number from the same series.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1835
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Circa
1863
Accession number: P.14347-R-L1
Primary reference Number: 206572
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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