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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A valentine of a single sheet of white wove paper, which has been folded five times for delivery, with tears and small losses along the creases. An etching in sepia with aquatint and hand colouring. An interior scene with formal display of fruit and flowers and a couple embracing, the lady in yellow ballgown holding a valentine in her right hand, the gentleman in black and brown gesturing for her to follow winged Hymen to the church imagined at lower left. Hymen, who holds a flaming torch, prepares to lead the couple there with a flower garland. A verse is printed above and below the central image: 'New February comes again / Spring leads on the genial train / The feather'd Pairs delight the grove / And all is Harmony and Love / Come then my Love lets [sic] haste / To celebrate the happy day / Like them in mutual concert join / And hail the Day of Valentine'. A watermark: C ANSELL / 1838. A name is handwritten in brown ink on the verso: '?Elinor Hearns'.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1838
Aquatint
Hand colouring
Etching
Accession number: P.14565-R
Primary reference Number: 215510
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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