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My Pretty Bird Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
Collage of lithographed and hand-coloured elements on white lace-paper, including a bullfinch and cut-paper flowers and leaves and stencilled leaves. A message handwritten at upper centre: "My Pretty Bird / will you come and dwell with / me among the Flowers?" DOBBS embossed at lower centre. The inside pages are blank. This card was included in the exhibition of valentine cards, _For ever thine: the nineteenth century valentine_, held in the Charrington Print Room at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1995, no. 59.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1830
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1845
Accession number: P.14375-R
Primary reference Number: 214540
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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