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Absent But Not Forgotten: P.14417-R-2

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Absent But Not Forgotten
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

A mourning or 'Adieu' valentine. A small 64mo-size card of white lace-paper with corners hand-coloured in turquoise and pink. A central rectangular window is backed with white silk and printed with a letterpress title and verse in blue ink: 'Absent but not Forgotten [in gothic script] / You are absent, yet I often feel / Your presence to my mind as real, / As when your arm around me twined, / And your voice spake in accents kind. / I gaze upon the vacant chair, / And oh! how often you seem there; / The flowers you so fondly loved, / My sorrow many a time hath soothed. / And when before His throne my heart I bare, / Thy name is ever mingl'd with my prayer.'. The card is not fully adhered to the album leaf and can be lifted up to reveal a date written in ink on the verso at upper right: '1854'. This inscription is transcribed in graphite onto the album leaf below the card.

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
Production date: AD 1854

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Watercolour
Letterpress

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14417-R-2
Primary reference Number: 215231

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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