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Valentine card
Publisher: Mossman, David (paper manufacturer and embosser)
Embossed lace-paper with raised elements; a 'frame' of blue and silver embossed lace-paper is mounted on paper springs at upper left and right and an embossed chromolithographed scrap with the motto: "I live for thee" affixed to this frame at upper centre. A second piece of yellow and silver embossed paper of a design featuring cupids and an urn of flowers is mounted on paper springs at lower centre and has a roundel at the centre bordered by green feathers and with a rice-paper blind mounted with embossed chromolithographed scraps of a heart with Cupid and dog. Other collage elements of real moss and fabric flower and leaves are affixed below. An embossed chromolithographed scrap of a bouquet of flowers mounted on a paper spring is affixed at upper centre. MOSSMAN stamped at lower centre (viewed from verso). The inside pages are blank.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1845
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Circa
1880
Applied textile
Chromolithography
Collage
Accession number: P.14411-R-74
Primary reference Number: 214704
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
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/214704 Accessed: 2024-12-23 07:07:21
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