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Valentine card
Publisher: Dobbs, Henry
Lace-paper with a central panel (landscape orientation) which is decorated with hand-coloured cut-paper flowers and foliage and a handwritten motto on a gilt-edged scroll: "One kiss at meeting is worth / twenty at parting". Hand-written to either side in red ink: "Affection's Tribute". Additional handwritten inscriptions (not part of the design of the card) in black ink record the date and some initials: "Jany 30th / 1855 / E.B.". DOBBS blind-embossed along the left side of the central panel. The inside of the card is blank.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1855
Accession number: P.14344-R-16
Primary reference Number: 214233
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Valentine card" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/214233 Accessed: 2024-11-14 16:33:49
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