Memory Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
On the verso of the front flyleaf. A single sheet of white card with an embossed design in gold leaf and blue, green and red lithographed inks. A central oval panel contains a title and verse lithographed in blue ink: 'MEMORY. / At midnight hour I love to think / On those most dear, most far from me, / And memory often at that hour / Would gladly wing its flight to thee. / I would not that my form should rise / Before thee in thy hours of glee, / But when thou think'st on friends sincere, / I wish thee to remember me.'. The card is secured onto the front pastedown with gold foil tape and with two lace-paper flaps, presumably from the original envelope, taped decoratively above and below. A handwritten inscription in black ink on the envelope flap reads: 'From J.H. / 1852'.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1852
Accession number: P.14421-R.iv
Primary reference Number: 215448
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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