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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A lithograph in black ink with early colour lithographic printing (yellow, pink, blue, green and orange inks) on 4to-size thin, white wove paper. A circular garland of fruit and flowers with various winged putti holding it up and Cupid with his bow on the right. At the centre is a half-length female figure wearing a feathered bonnet and holding a card decorated with an arrow-pierced heart. A verse is printed below: 'I seek no more, of thee possesst, / By thee delighted, rapturd, blest / I seek no more, - Ah smile on me, / Thy smile is love, and love is thee.'. The interior is blank.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1830
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Circa
1840
Accession number: P.14416-R-16
Primary reference Number: 215161
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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