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Valentine card: P.14414-R-53

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Mansell, Joseph

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Description

White lace-paper with a collage of cut-paper leaves and flowers at lower centre. A hand-coloured card cut-out of a pink rose with forget-me-nots is affixed at the centre, attached with white thread to a cupid's head at upper centre. It lifts up to reveal a lithographed word in blue and red ink: 'G : LOVE'. A lithographed message at upper and lower centre in blue ink describes the hidden cryptogram: 'Here is a Puzzle / It is easily spelt / And sure never a Puzzle was better / It proclaims the passion / My bosom hath felt / If you take but away one letter'. 'MANSELL' stamped at lower right (viewed from the verso). The interior is blank.

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

Lithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14414-R-53
Primary reference Number: 215044

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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