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Valentine card: P.14347-R-L4

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Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

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Description

Loose within album P.14347-R. A hand-coloured lithograph on 4to-sized wove paper. A vignette at upper centre of a woman wearing a pink dress and yellow bonnet standing beside a tree, a church seen in the background to the right. The title "CONSTANCY" is printed on a pink 'ribbon' at upper right as part of a decorative border design. A printed verse below the vignette: "Gaily do I send to thee, love, / With my hearts [sic] expectancy - / What I'd ever wish to be, love / Honor [sic] - Truth - and Constancy! …". The inside pages are blank.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14347-R-L4
Primary reference Number: 206575

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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