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My Love (My Dove): P.14539-R

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

My Love (My Dove)
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Dobbs, Henry

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Description

A valentine of white lace-paper with hand-painted words (as leafy garlands), studded with cut-paper hand-coloured forget me nots and pink roses: 'My Love'. The 'L' is painted onto paper with shaped, gilt edges and applied. When lifted up it reveals the painted letter, 'D'; thus 'Love' becomes 'Dove'. A collage of cut-paper hand-coloured white lilies and leaves are affixed at lower centre. DOBBS KIDD & [CO] is stamped at lower centre. A watermark: J WHATMAN / 1883. The interior is blank.A few graphite inscriptions on the verso: '49' ; '18 -'.

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 1883

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Watercolour
Hand colouring
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14539-R
Primary reference Number: 215484

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018

Associated departments & institutions

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

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