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Valentine card
Publisher: Dobbs, Henry
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.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
1851
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Circa
1900
Hand colouring
Chromolithography
Collage
Accession number: P.14343-R-7
Primary reference Number: 214073
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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