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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A hand-coloured lithograph with an ornate printed 'frame' on pale pink wove paper. The frame contains a scene in which a couple seen from behind stand on a country lane, facing the direction of a church seen in the distance on the left. The top-hatted gentleman gestures towards it with his right hand. A verse is printed above: 'How sweet 'neath Cynthia's beams [...] / With the dear object of our love, / And feel that sunshine of the heart, / Affection only can impart.'. The interior is blank. One of six valentines from the same series, all with the same ornate printed frame on pale pink or white paper, and which are mounted together in album P.14416-R. An inscription on the album leaf below P.14416-R-35 indicates that all six were bought by Glaisher for four shillings. An inscription on the album leaf below P.14416-R-35 indicates that all six were bought by Glaisher for four shillings. The price was probably transcribed from a handwritten MS from second-hand bookseller, R.S. Frampton found on the back fly-leaf of album P.14416-R (See P.14416-R-L1), where P.14416-R-35 is listed with the description '& 5 similar (the six for) 4/0'. The other 5 can be identified as: P.14416-R-34, P.14416-R-36, P.14416-R-38, P.14416-R-39 and P.14416-R-40.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1840
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Circa
1850
Accession number: P.14416-R-39
Primary reference Number: 215184
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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