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Scrap album containing valentines: P.14421-R

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Scrap album containing valentines

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: A quarter-bound album with brown leather spine with double filleting in gold and, covering the front board, a decorative embossed and wood engraved paper with woodblock applied colours of blue and gold. A couple in medieval dress standing beside a pool at the centre with additional woodblock colouring of yellow and red with handcolouring in green watercolour in the areas of the trees and water lilies. Front and back endpapers are of yellow coated paper. The leaves are gilt-edged and of various colours, including blue, green and pink, and with some laid paper amongst the wove. There are many blank folios. An inscription on the verso of the flyleaf: 'Emma Hussey / Febry 1853'. Emma Hussey was presumably the previous owner of the album prior to Glaisher's acquisition of it. CONTENTS: The album contains several handwritten verses, in two different hands, on the theme of love, including 'The Virgins [sic] First Love', 'The Faithless One' and 'The Wedding Ring'. The album also contains five valentines.

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

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1853

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Wood engraving
Woodblock

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14421-R
Primary reference Number: 215447

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Tuesday 6 May 2025

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

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