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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
Etching and engraving with hand-colouring on a single sheet of 4to-size white wove paper. Central image within an oval etched frame of a lady wearing regency dress holding a portrait entitled "Your Husband". Cupid sits beneath a tree to the right reading from a book entitled: "Love's Lottery / BOOK / in / Cupids Store". Etched verse (numbered stanzes) around the central image: "Approach sweet maid and do not fear, / Love's pleasing lottery is here ...". From a series. See also P.14410-R-4, P.14410-R-36 and P.14410-R-42.
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 1822
Hand colouring
Engraving
Etching
Accession number: P.14410-R-40
Primary reference Number: 214615
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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