Skip to main content

The Hymeneal Arms: P.14414-R-67

An image of Valentine card

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Hymeneal Arms
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Dobbs, Henry

Entities

Categories

Description

A white lace-paper front mounted onto the album leaf. A title is lithographed in blue ink at upper centre: 'The Hymeneal Arms'. Below is a circular, embossed cut-paper shield surmounted with a lithographed candle and radiating light. A motto is printed in gold within the surrounding border: 'COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE THEM.'. The shield is divided into four sections with lithographed colours, gold, blue, red and silver and each containing an embossed, lithographed motif: cooking pot; tea-cup; laundry; kettle. A gold cradle is positioned at the centre. Below the shield is a collage of cut-paper and hand-coloured flowers and leaves around a gilt-edged, cut-paper scroll with lithographed title: 'The Single Married and The Married Happy'. 'DOBBS' is stamped at lower centre. A watermark is visible through the paper at lower centre: 'M[A]N'. Presumably 'Whatman'. Comparison with another example of the same design held at the Museum of London (34.170/479) indicates that there have been small losses to the collage above the scroll of P.14414-R-67. The Museum of London also holds an example of a variation of the same design (34.170/477 - with cut-paper swag rather than scroll) and a preparatory drawing which details the shape and position of the collage (34.170/480).

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

Hand colouring
Lithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14414-R-67
Primary reference Number: 215058
Stable URI

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Hymeneal Arms" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/215058 Accessed: 2024-11-14 16:46:45

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/215058 |title=The Hymeneal Arms |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-14 16:46:45|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-215058

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14414_R_67_1_201609_amt49_dc2.jpg"
        alt="The Hymeneal Arms"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">The Hymeneal Arms</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...