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Valentine card
Printmaker: Unknown
Loose within album P.14347-R. A lithograph on 4to-sized wove paper with a large, hand-coloured vignette at upper centre featuring a soldier and a lady on a path in a landscape, the soldier pointing with his right hand to a church in the distance on the left. Below, an illuminated letter begins a printed verse: "Light of my soul, my faithful Page, / My messenger, Lover's war to wage: …". The inside pages are blank. One of a series. Other numbers from the same series are: P.14347-R-L9, P.14347-R-L11, P.14347-R-L12, P.14347-R-L13 (L11-L13 are duplicates), P.14347-R-L14, P.14346-R-24 and P.14346-R-25 (which features a sailor).
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14347-R-L10
Primary reference Number: 206581
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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