Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
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.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14419-R.f56r
Primary reference Number: 215420
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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