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Valentine card: P.14414-R-37

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Current Location: In storage

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Valentine card

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Publisher: Unknown

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Description

White lace-paper of a design of flowers and leaves with a bow at lower centre. A central oval window with a rice-paper blind, hand-painted in watercolour and gouache with a design of flowers, leaves and a bird. The edges of the rice-paper are painted with a border of alternating red and blue lines. A paper swag affixed at lower centre has a lithographed verse in gold ink: 'A heart that boasts a / tender flame / Sincere and constant too / Long time has tried your / love to claim, / And vows 'twill e'er be true'. The front paper is adhered to the back paper. A hand-written inscription in black ink (presumably by the sender) on the inside right-hand page is visible through the lace-paper front and can be read by carefully lifting the lower right corner of the front paper and the album leaf simultaneously: 'To be beloved is all I need / And when I love I love indeed / AHL'.

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 1850 - Circa 1860

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Watercolour
Collage
Gouache

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14414-R-37
Primary reference Number: 215028

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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