IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 214775 accession number: P.14412-R-51 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 updated: Friday 26 January 2018 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Comic valentine in the form of a mocked-up 'letter' referencing the fictional character of Sir Roger de Coverley from the satirical publication, _The Spectator_ (1711-12 and 1714). Sir Roger de Coverley exemplified the values of an old country gentleman, and was portrayed as a lovable but somewhat ridiculous character. A small card on white wove paper with a lithographed 'letter' on the front cover: "Sir Roger v....... / yourself / "Would it surprise you to know" I love and adore you / & that I am the only true man in existence & further / that I am a Claimant for / your hand and heart / and that I am just like Roger de Coverley". Inside, across both pages, is a hand-coloured lithograph of a rotund gentleman wearing 18th-century dress and with wings (presumably Roger de Coverley as Cupid) and a lady holding a fan, the caption printed below: "Just like Sir Roger de Coverley". P.14412-R-50 is a duplicate, although this example is in better condition. title: Valentine card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214775 TECHNIQUES ---------- hand colouring TECHNIQUES ---------- lithography CATEGORIES ------ category: print category: album DATING ------ creation date: 1850 - 1870 creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1870 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14412_R_51_1_201606_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 840 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14412_R_51_1_201606_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 610 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14412_R_51_1_201606_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 840 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14412_R_51_1_201606_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 305 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14412_R_51_2_201606_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 707 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14412_R_51_2_201606_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 345 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14412_R_51_2_201606_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 707 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14412_R_51_2_201606_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 173 pixels width: 250 pixels