Back to Valentines Newspaper cutting relating to valentine cards
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.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1925-02-15
Accession number: P.14411-R-L1
Primary reference Number: 214721
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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