IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 215347 accession number: P.14417-R-L-11 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 updated: Monday 29 May 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Loose inside album P.14417-R, between blank leaves, six from the back fly leaf. A miniature rectangle (landscape) of cream card with an embossed border. A lithographed title and verse are printed in black ink at the centre: 'I MEET THEE TO NIGHT LOVE. / [printed in sloping script] Give me the Night love, the beautiful night / When the stars in the heavens are glittering bright / When the flowers are asleep on their pillows of leaves / And no murmur is heard save the sigh the heart heaves / When the valleys [sic] sweet waters reflect the moonlight / Oh! give me the Night love, the beautiful night'. Printed below: 'London G. Casmore'. The verse is by Manchester-born poet, Charles Swain (1801-1874). Remnants of paper adhered to the verso indicate that the valentine was previously pasted into an album or similar. title: Valentine card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/215347 TECHNIQUES ---------- lithography CATEGORIES ------ category: print category: album DATING ------ culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Casmore, G.