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Valentine card: P.14419-R.f56r

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

A single sheet of white wove paper with an embossed design of a chain motif, scrolls and flowers with gilt detail. At the centre is a hand-coloured lithograph of a woman in a pink dress standing beside a tree, from behind which a top-hatted gentleman releases a dove bearing a valentine in its beak. The spire of a church can be seen rising above trees in the distance on the left. A lithographed verse is printed in double downward arching lines at upper left and right: 'Oh! bear this letter to her I love / Entreat her heart for me. / Tell her all earthly things above / Is truth and constancy.'. The paper is folded once across the centre and bears an older folding crease at upper 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
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14419-R.f56r
Primary reference Number: 215420
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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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Valentine card" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/215420 Accessed: 2024-12-23 01:39:15

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