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Valentine card: P.14418-R-52

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Mansell, Joseph

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Description

White embossed lace-paper of a design of grapes, strawberries and other fruits and a central oval panel mounted with a 'frame' of blue, embossed lace-paper of a design of trees and roses. The 'frame' is mounted on paper springs (now stuck down) and surrounds a chromolithographed bouquet of pink roses and blue cornflowers inside an urn of gold metallic paper. The flowers are also mounted on a paper spring which is now stuck down. A pair of chromolithographed, die-cut birds are mounted on the white embossed lace-paper at upper centre. A lithographed verse in blue ink is printed on a silver framed lozenge at lower centre: 'The charms of nature / sweet and free / Dearer are they / When shared with thee'. 'MANSELL' is stamped (just seen) on the central oval panel at lower centre. The front paper is adhered to the back.

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

Chromolithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14418-R-52
Primary reference Number: 215400
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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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