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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
Lace-paper lacking its original backing and which is pasted to a piece of buff-coloured card. The central panel contains two pink rose plants with flower blooms made from hand-coloured cut-paper and with hand-coloured cut-paper leaves and two hand-coloured cut-paper buds. Additional stems and leaves are hand-painted onto the paper. The petals, buds and leaves lift up to reveal hand-written inscriptions in brown ink detailing the names and birthdays of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their two eldest children, Princess Victoria and Prince Albert. A hand-written inscription above and below the central flower imagery: "Buds of Promise! / Dedicated to the infant / Prince and Princess". It seems likely that this commemorative card was made circa 1841, following the birth of Prince Albert.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1841
Watercolour
Hand colouring
Collage
Accession number: P.14344-R-6
Primary reference Number: 214223
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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