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Heart's-Ease Valentine card
Publisher: Meek, George
A small 48mo-size valentine with lace front decorated with an embossed flower scrap with the motto: 'IN FAITH'. A lozenge of white wove paper mounted with a small lace-paper ornament and flower posy scrap with the motto: 'AFFECTION'. The lozenge lifts up to reveal a printed verse on a roundel of white paper with a scalloped edge: 'HEART'S EASE / Dear maid - if e'er / a grief or care- Oppress / thy gentle heart, ...'. 'MEEK' stamped along the spine at centre left. The interior is blank.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1860
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Circa
1880
Lithography
Chromolithography
Collage
Accession number: P.14413-R-118
Primary reference Number: 214967
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Heart's-Ease" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/214967 Accessed: 2024-11-24 11:36:02
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