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First Love: P.14417-R-48

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An image of Valentine card
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Current Location: In storage

Titles

First Love
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Rimmel, Eugène

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Description

A large envelope of white lace-paper with 'SOUVENIR' embossed at the centre of the recto. Four flaps on the verso open to reveal a lace-paper bordered chromolithograph of a couple walking in a moonlit garden towards a fountain in the distance on the right. A gateway with temple is seen on the left. Cupid and two putti are hiding behind an urn in the foreground. Cupid prepares to fire an arrow towards the couple. A title: 'First Love' is printed at lower right. A medallion set within the lace-paper frame is embossed with the maker's name: 'E RIMMEL / PERFUMER LONDON'. An advertising leaflet for Rimmel's Perfumed Valentines of 1875 lists shilling valentine 367 as 'Souvenir, forming a card case', which would seem to be an accurate description of this valentine. (An example of the leaflet is in Malcolm Warrington's valentine collection).

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 1860 - Circa 1900

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Chromolithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14417-R-48
Primary reference Number: 215277

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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