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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
Lace-paper with a central, oval-shaped panel with an interior hand-painted scalloped border in red. A collage of silver and gilt embossed cut-paper in a star design with a silver cut-paper Cupid on a white cloud at the centre. Hand-written inscriptions within: "Love like a star / shines fiar and bright / when beaming from / those eyes of light". A partial embossed stamp at lower left (mainly visible from the verso) would seem to indicate the maker as Joseph Mansell. 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
Accession number: P.14344-R-59
Primary reference Number: 214276
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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