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Valentine card: P.14414-R-66

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Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Kershaw, George

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Description

A white lace-paper front mounted onto a slightly larger sheet of buff-coloured wove paper which has been cut down on all sides. A message is lithographed (as handwritten) in blue ink at upper and lower centre: 'We must be united, / Dearest Valentine'. At upper centre is a lithographed cut-paper scroll inscribed in blue ink: 'Cupid's Arms' and which surrounds a central shield divided into four sections coloured alternately blue and red with each bearing tiny paper motifs relating to love: a silver paper ornament of a dove with letter; a white paper lily; a gilt paper ring; two pink coloured paper hearts. Below the shield is a collage of hand-coloured, cut-paper flowers and leaves with hand-painted additions of stems and buds in gouache. The right-hand section can be lifted up for insertion of an inscription, although the paper underneath is blank. 'KERSHAW' is stamped at lower right. A hand-written inscription in graphite at upper left: 'L/C'. Similar inscriptions/markings in graphite are found on other cards in the same album. 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 1840 - Circa 1850

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography
Collage
Gouache

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14414-R-66
Primary reference Number: 215057

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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