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Valentine card: P.14416-R-57

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Valentine card

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Description

A lithograph with hand colouring on 8vo-size white wove paper. A hand-coloured lithographed border of stylised leaves, vines and flowers surrounds a central hand-coloured vignette of a top-hatted gentleman leaning against a fence beside a river. A church can be seen in the distance on the opposite bank. 'No 16' is lithographed at the lower right of the image, indicating that this design is one of a series. A verse is printed above and below in sloping script: 'When the south wind blows my love / Its [sic] fragrance in my bower, / Where mingling with the Rose my love / Blooms many a lovely flower: / At dewy eve, oh seek me there / And I will strive to calm thy care ...'. The interior is blank. One of a series of similar designs in the same style which are mounted on consecutive leaves of album P.14416-R. This card is listed with three of these designs, P.14416-R-55, P.14416-R-61 and P.14416-R-62, in 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), with all four bracketed together and priced as 'the four for 10/0 [10 shillings]'. Eight further valentines from this group are also found on the Frampton list, bracketed together and priced at '8 for £1-4-0'. See P.14416-R-51, P.14416-R-52, P.14416-R-53 and P.14416-R-54, P.14416-R-56, P.14416-R-58, P.14416-R-59 and P.14416-R-60.

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 1820 - Circa 1830

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14416-R-57
Primary reference Number: 215202

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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