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Valentine card: P.14343-R-7

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Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Dobbs, Henry

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Description

Lace-paper with scraps of foliage and a goldfinch at lower centre. A hand-coloured lithographed cut-out of Cupid with doves and blue net 'cloud' at upper centre. A gilt-edged oval flap is attached at the centre and decorated with a chromolithograph of flowers and the motto: 'True love watches over thee'. A hand-written inscription in blue ink above reads: 'What you are to me' and the flap lifts up to reveal a folded strip of pink paper which when unfolded, reveals a series of hand-written epithets relating to the intended recipient: 'Duck o' Diamonds / Pet of Pearls / Ruby Red / Gem of Girls ...'. DOBBS, KIDD & CO. blind-embossed along the lower edge of the central oval. The inside of the card is blank. The firm of Henry Dobbs traded as Dobbs, Kidd & Co. from 1851 into the 1890s.

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

Dating

19th Century
1851 - Circa 1900

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Chromolithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14343-R-7
Primary reference Number: 214073

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 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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