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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
Loose inside album P.14414-R, inbetween nos 17 and 18. A large 4to-size valentine with wide cameo-embossed border (as lace) with blue ground and inner embossed 'lace' frame at the centre which surrounds a collage of coloured cut-paper leaves with lithographed and hand-coloured cut-paper honeysuckle/turk's cap lily flower. A hand-written verse in blue ink at upper and lower centre: 'If Heaven would grant my every wish, / Not wealth or power would gain my prayer / Ah! no I'd ask no greater bliss - / Than thou my lot thro' life to share'. P.14414-R-L7 uses the same verse. The interior is blank. One of six similar cards contained in album P.14414-R, two of which are watermarked with the date 1846. P.14414-R-17 and P.14414-R-18 are mounted into the album. P.14414-R-L4 and three others were found loose on the same leaf of the album.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1846
Hand colouring
Lithography
Collage
Accession number: P.14414-R-L4
Primary reference Number: 215130
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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