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Valentine card: P.14419-R.f32r

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Dobbs, Henry

Entities

Categories

Description

A single rectangular panel of white wove paper with lace-paper corners and border. The panel has been trimmed around the edges and is mounted with a collage of cut-paper, hand-coloured flowers and leaves and fruit, arranged in an upward curving arch. A cut-paper, hand-coloured jug contains more hand-cut and hand-coloured flowers and leaves. A verse is hand-written in blue ink at upper centre in two lines of a downward curving arch: 'Thy service shall my only pleasure be / And all my heart's desire in pleasing thee!'. 'DOBBS' is stamped (faintly) at lower centre.

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
Collage
Gouache

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14419-R.f32r
Primary reference Number: 215417
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Thursday 8 June 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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