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Valentine card: P.14410-R-18

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

Cut-paper, tinsel and real feather collage forming two fans with metal handles on white silk panel within lace-paper. Inscribed in paint above and below: A Tribute of / Sincere Affection. Opens to show a painted garland of pink roses, morning glory flowers and a dove within lace-paper back sheet, mounted on green card. The painted garland would originally have been seen through the window in the lace-paper front sheet now covered with the silk panel and collage which was evidently a later addition. The lace-paper and initial design is probably by Henry Dobbs. (See notes) 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. 38. A graphite number "38" is written onto the album leaf in the lower right-hand corner, which corresponds to the numbering of the catalogue. Possibly by Henry Dobbs. (See notes)

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

19th Century
Circa 1845 - 1850

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Applied textile
Collage
Gouache

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14410-R-18
Primary reference Number: 214593
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018 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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