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Valentine card: P.14418-R-10

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

White embossed cameo lace-paper with a scene of fluted and garlanded classical columns and winged putti overlaid with cut-paper and hand-coloured putti, some with flower garlands, with cut-paper embossed gold metallic scrolls and hand-colouring at upper left and right. At the centre is a collage of pink and lilac linen flowers and leaves with some cut-paper greenery and tinsel flower centres. A small rectangle of white paper with crimped edges and pink lithographed detail is printed with the motto: 'Think of me / kindly / when away'. The front paper is adhered to the back. P.14418-R-2 is an almost identical design, but with a different motto. The putti in P.14418-R are less damaged than those seen in P.14418-R-2. The putti in P.14418-R-10 were probably originally mounted onto paper springs, as in P.14418-R-2, but are now pasted down.

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

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14418-R-10
Primary reference Number: 215358
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Monday 29 May 2017 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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