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Be Mine: P.14413-R-111

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Be Mine
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

Cameo-embossed white card crimped edges and light blue lithographed ground mounted with a top layer of gilt lace-paper affixed with paper springs and with a central oval panel of white silk printed with the verse: 'BE MINE. / Wilt thou be mine love, / mine evermore? / Darling! I'll cherish thee / love and adore ...'. A large scrap of a pink rose with forget-me-nots is affixed over the central oval panel (lifts up to reveal the verse) and other flower scraps are arranged at upper and lower centre to form a circular garland which is mounted on paper springs. The back paper has been removed along the left edge.

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 - Circa 1880

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Applied textile
Chromolithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14413-R-111
Primary reference Number: 214960

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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