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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
18mo-sized white lace-paper front sheet with design of birds bearing letters within entwined foliage and net blind across an oval-shaped window at the centre. A second sheet of lace-paper, with green slip paper behind, has a panel of rice-paper at the centre which is bordered with a pink velvet ribbon and decorated with a collage of cut-paper and hand-coloured flowers, foliage and circular temple. A hand-written message: "Tribute / of / sincere / Love". Silvered scraps affixed above and below: "HOR" and framed motto: "Be / mine / dear / Maid". The back sheet is blank.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14411-R-7
Primary reference Number: 214637
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Valentine card" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/214637 Accessed: 2024-11-18 21:52:17
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