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To My Dearest One: P.14413-R-32

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

To My Dearest One
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

Small 48mo single sheet of embossed white card with shaped edges and oval central panel mounted with an embossed and glazed scrap of red geranium flowers and printed verse below: 'TO MY / DEAR ONE / Sweet is the perfume / of eglantine, / Blooming in bower; ... / Yet will a glance of / thine e'er be, / Sweetest to me.'. The lower portion of the card is stained with surface dirt.

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
1860 - 1880

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Letterpress
Chromolithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14413-R-32
Primary reference Number: 214881
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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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