IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 215420 accession number: P.14419-R.f56r DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 updated: Thursday 8 June 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. title: Valentine card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/215420 TECHNIQUES ---------- hand colouring TECHNIQUES ---------- lithography CATEGORIES ------ category: print category: album DATING ------ culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown