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Valentine card: P.14418-R-59

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

A small rectangle of white card with a lace-paper edge, mounted with a rectangular chromolithograph of a moonlit scene of a lake with gondola in the middleground and a bench with seated couple in the foreground. A 'frame' of embossed and enamelled paper with a chromolithographed design of pink roses with gilt detail is mounted over the scene. A printed motto on a lozenge of white paper is affixed at lower centre: 'Think of me.'.

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-59
Primary reference Number: 215407
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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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Valentine card" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/215407 Accessed: 2024-11-16 04:53:44

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