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Back to Valentines: P.14411-R-L1

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Back to Valentines
Newspaper cutting relating to valentine cards

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Description

Loose inside the fly-leaf of album P.14411-R, containing valentines from the collection of J.W.L. Glaisher. Newspaper cutting from the _Sunday Pictorial_. Short article titled: BACK TO VALENTINES / Week-end Rush for Love Tokens Surprises Shops / MIDDLE-AGE SENTIMENT. Outlines the rise of simple, hand-painted cards and notepaper and comic valentine postcards. Hand-written date in black ink on the verso: FEB 15. 1925. See also Frank Staff for the mid-1920s revival of valentines: 'The revival made news, and many a newspaper devoted a column to it. _The Daily Telegraph_ in its issue dated February 18, 1926, had this to say: An Amusing Revival / It is unfortunate that Feb. 14, that famous festival of birds and lovers, falls on a Sunday, since this year sees, after so long an interval, the revival of the valentine. ...'. Staff, _The Valentine & Its Origins_, p. 119.

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: AD 1925-02-15

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Letterpress

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14411-R-L1
Primary reference Number: 214721
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Tuesday 14 February 2017 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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