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Valentine card: P.14345-R-93

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

Comic Valentine. Chromolithograph on postcard-sized black card. A man with exaggerated spiky hair and open mouth is caught on some iron railings. A woman with a similar expression and spiky hair observes from an open window above and holds up her hands in shock. A ladder is propped up against the window. The caption printed below: OH! KEEP ME NOT IN SUSPENSE.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

20th Century
Production date: circa AD 1900

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Chromolithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14345-R-93
Primary reference Number: 214378
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Monday 29 May 2017 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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