Skip to main content

To An Esteemed Friend: P.14417-R-11

An image of Valentine card

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

To An Esteemed Friend
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Kershaw, George

Entities

Categories

Description

A small roundel of red transparent cellulose, lithographed in gold ink and mounted vertically inside a white and gilt cameo-embossed lace-paper sleeve (a scene of Cupid and tasselled curtain) with a central circular window. The sleeve is contained within a white lace-paper envelope with four flaps which is stamped: 'KERSHAW & SON' along the right-hand edge. A motto is lithographed in gold ink onto the cellulose: 'To an Esteemed Friend'. A hand-written inscription in graphite on the album leaf below probably transcribes an inscription found on the verso prior to mounting: 'This valentine cost 10 /- in 1925'. The hand is recognisable as that of Miss Catherine Parsons and is seen in other albums throughout the collection, documenting and transcribing inscriptions, prices and maker's names. Catherine Parsons was a close friend of Glaisher towards the end of his life and undertook to arrange and mount his valentine collection into albums from the Autumn of 1924 through to the Summer of the following year and beyond. One of a group of lithographed cellulose valentines mounted or found loose in album P.14417-R, some of which are contained in lace-paper sleeves and/or envelopes.

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 1850 - Circa 1860

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14417-R-11
Primary reference Number: 215240
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "To An Esteemed Friend" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/215240 Accessed: 2024-11-22 06:10:58

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/215240 |title=To An Esteemed Friend |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 06:10:58|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-215240

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14417_R_11_1_201608_amt49_dc2.jpg"
        alt="To An Esteemed Friend"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">To An Esteemed Friend</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...