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Valentine card: P.14414-R-L9

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Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Kershaw, George

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Description

Loose inside album P.14414-R between nos 58 and 59. White wove paper with an embossed border design of flowers and acanthus scrolls. Early lithography in blue ink of a scalloped border with leafy branches surrounds a central panel of white lace paper mounted with a small puzzle purse (blank interior) decorated with a stencilled yellow and red tulip flower with stems and leaves. Small silver paper ornaments of birds carrying letters at centre left and right and a pair of clasped hands at lower centre. Lithographed verse in blue ink (missing in places) surrounds the central design: 'Life is sweet love so are flowers / So are loves [sic] bright sunny hours / Naught on earth so dear to me / As to know my love returned by thee'. 'G. KERSHAW LONDON' stamped at lower centre. The interior is blank. See also P.14414-R-56 and P.14414-R-58, other similar Kershaw designs with puzzle purses, which are are mounted in the same album.

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-L9
Primary reference Number: 215135

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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