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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A hand-coloured woodcut on thin wove paper. A young gentleman wearing a purple coat rests against a tree. A young lady wearing a yellow dress and carrying a parasol behind and to the left and another man reading a letter behind and to the right. A printed verse below: "Cease, busy heart - can this be love? / Why don't the trembler rest? / Why does it throb as if a dove, / Where [sic] cag'd within my breast."
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14345-R-26
Primary reference Number: 214311
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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