Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
White cameo-embossed lace-paper in two layers of a central design featuring a courting couple in 18th-century costume flanked to left and right by two pairs of winged putti carrying flower garlands and the flaming torches of Hymen. Along the lower edge is a collage of white and pink linen leaves and flowers with gold metallic paper leaves. At upper centre is a verse printed in gold ink on lilac paper: 'Come live with me and / be my love'. Gold metallic paper leaves are affixed to either side. The top layer of paper is mounted on paper springs and would originally have been raised up to create a three-dimensional scene, but the two layers have since been pasted together. A hand-written inscription in graphite on the album leaf above: 'Vo [?verso] 1861'. Probably transcribes a date found on the verso of the valentine prior to mounting into the album. The hand is unknown.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1861
Accession number: P.14418-R-1
Primary reference Number: 215349
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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