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Valentine ornament: P.14411-R-55

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine ornament

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

Embossed valentine ornament on green paper, uncoloured. Female figure seated at an easel holding palette and brushes, in profile facing right. One of 9 uncoloured ornaments on embossed paper mounted onto the same album leaf and originally found inside an envelope which is affixed into the album on the adjacent leaf. See P.14411-R-53. A series of ornaments on embossed metallic paper were also found in the same envelope and these are mounted onto the next leaf of the album.

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
Production date: after AD 1841

School or Style

British

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14411-R-55
Primary reference Number: 214685
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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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