These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A hand-coloured lithograph on 4to-sized ivory wove paper with an embossed lace border. A hand-coloured lithographed vignette at the centre shows a couple arm in arm in a garden being led by the figure of Hymen, carrying a flaming torch in his left hand, towards a temple decorated with a garland of flowers and emblazoned with a heart. A lithographed verse is printed below: "In that Temple, there in view / I will pledge my troth to you ..." A watermark: "W&J Harris / Turkey Mill / 1843". Inscriptions in graphite on the recto: "1843" [upper right] / "No 11" [upper left]. An inscription in graphite on the album leaf to the right: "1843". P.14346-R-14 is one of a series of hand-coloured lithographs that were produced in this style. See also P.14346-R-12, a duplicate and P.14414-R-L8. The Museum of London holds a different number from the series: A28549/38, which shows a couple underneath a tree garlanded with flowers, a Cupid beside them and a church in the background.
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 1843
Accession number: P.14346-R-14
Primary reference Number: 214400
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Valentine card" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/214400 Accessed: 2024-11-23 03:11:01
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/214400
|title=Valentine card
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-23 03:11:01|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-214400
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14346_R_14_1_201702_amt49_dc2.jpg"
alt="Valentine card"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Valentine card</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
