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Not for ever: P.14413-R-83

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Not for ever
Valentine card

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Publisher: Unknown

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Description

White lace-paper (landscape orientation) with central oval window and blind of white silk mounted with a scrap of forget-me-nots and pink roses in three entwined circlets with part of a printed motto inside each: 'I will / be true / to thee'. On the inside right-hand page, a hand-written, possibly self-composed, verse in black ink: 'Not for ever / How sharp a pang what / tongue can tell / it costs to breathe this / world farewell / But _hope_ can fully / soothe our pain / By whispering ye shall / meet again'.

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
Circa 1870 - 1880

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Chromolithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14413-R-83
Primary reference Number: 214932

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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