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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
Lace-paper front cover of a valentine card with a chromolithographic cut-out of a posy of Lily of the Valley tied with a pink ribbon at the centre. A stuck on scroll is woodblock printed with the motto: 'I love thee dearly' in blue ink. Remnants of a few foliage scraps are stuck onto the paper.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Woodblock printing
Chromolithography
Accession number: P.14343-R-10
Primary reference Number: 214076
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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