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Valentine card: P.14413-R-112

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

White embossed paper with a scalloped edge and top layer of white lace-paper with central oval window mounted on paper springs (part adhered to the first layer) and mounted at lower centre with a collage of a white and pink fabric flower and purple gauze leaves and at upper centre with a silver embossed paper ornament. At the centre is a lace-paper edged medallion inset with a chromolithograph of a mountain lake with castle in the distance. The embossed paper is mounted at lower centre with a silver embossed paper ornament with scroll and motto printed in purple ink: 'IN LOVE I HOPE TO CONQUER'. The back paper has been cut away 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 1860 - Circa 1870

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Applied textile
Chromolithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14413-R-112
Primary reference Number: 214961
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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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