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Little Miss: P.14420-R.f32r

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Little Miss
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

A small 32mo-size valentine of white lace-paper with a dark red slip paper. The first two words of the verse, 'Little Miss' are drawn in gold ink at upper centre with the 'L' as a garland of leaves studded with a small silver tinsel flower. The rest of the verse is handwritten in blue ink: 'Pretty Miss / May blessings be upon you / If I'd half a crown a day / I'd spend it all upon you'. A collage of cut-paper and hand-coloured flowers are arranged at lower right. The leaves at lower left and upper right lift up to reveal a handwritten message in black ink (presumably written by the sender): 'Pure / Affection'. The back paper is missing. An initial 'N' is written in graphite on the album leaf below the valentine. The names 'Edith' and 'Netty' are written into the album. These names would probably account for the single initials of 'E' or 'N' written on the album leaves adjacent to a number of the valentines in the album. The initials presumably indicate either from whom they were received or to whom they were sent.

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

Pen and ink
Hand colouring
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14420-R.f32r
Primary reference Number: 215436

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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