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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A small, 32mo single sheet of heavy white wove paper with an embossed gilt border design of scrolls entwined with roses. At the centre is a hand-coloured lithograph of a young woman wearing fashionable dress and a leghorn hat trimmed with lace and ostrich feathers (1850s) and carrying a parasol in her left hand. At lower centre is gilt embossed lettering with a printed line for filling in: 'No. -------------------------- Yds.'. Inscribed in graphite along the line: 'R Helen'. This is either a dressmaker's card that has been appropriated as a valentine, or a type of novelty valentine in the style of a dressmaker's card. The verso is blank.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1850
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Circa
1860
Accession number: P.14414-R-96
Primary reference Number: 215087
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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