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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 stylised border encloses an outdoor scene showing a couple in an embrace walking towards a castle led by Hymen (Greek god of marriage) holding a flaming torch. A printed verse above and below: "Hymen, haply leads the way, love, / Blithely sweet and blithely gay love…". Printed at lower centre: "Pub by A. PARK London." The inside pages are blank. From a series. P.14347-R-L1 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-L2
Primary reference Number: 206573
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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