Valentine card
Publisher: Windsor & Sons
Silver and white embossed lace-paper of a design with scrolls, tassels and a double staircase, in landscape orientation. There are hand-coloured areas in blue, pink and yellow paint. A central lunette of a scallop shell design has a gauze blind and is mounted with a hand-coloured lithograph in sepia inks of a queen (Venus?) wearing green dress and gold crown and standing inside a scallop shell. The front paper is adhered to the back. 'WINDSOR' is stamped along the spine at upper centre.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Applied textile
Hand colouring
Collage
Accession number: P.14418-R-16
Primary reference Number: 215364
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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