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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A cameo embossed 'lace' border with blue colour ground on 4to-sized wove paper. A beige lithographed centre (out of register) and a decorative lithographic inner border of violets, butterflies and birds with a large violet flower at upper centre, all hand-coloured. A verse printed within a 'twig' frame at the centre: "There is a graceful flower whose hues / Are yellow and deep blue / And never do I see that flower / But what I think of you. ..." A hand-written inscription in graphite on the inside right-hand page: "1830". The edges of the paper are gilded. A watermark: WOODFULL and a prancing horse inside a medallion.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
probably
AD 1830
Accession number: P.14346-R-19
Primary reference Number: 214405
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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