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Love Birds: P.14414-R-43

An image of Valentine card

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Love Birds
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Dobbs, Henry

Entities

Categories

Description

White lace-paper with a pair of cut-paper, hand-painted green love birds mounted onto the central panel. A lithographed title and message in blue ink (as handwritten) at upper and lower centre: 'LOVE BIRDS / We'll live and love together'. Stamped at lower left: '[DOBBS] KIDD & CO'. The front paper is adhered to the back paper.

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 1851 - Circa 1870

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Watercolour
Lithography
Gouache

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14414-R-43
Primary reference Number: 215034
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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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Love Birds" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/215034 Accessed: 2024-11-22 17:17:08

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