Valentine envelope and cards
Publisher: Unknown
An embossed white envelope addressed in brown ink to: 'Miss Eliza / Buchan / Knightsbridge'. Inside are two small, hand-drawn and painted cards. A long strip of white card, folded in half, is decorated on one side with a hand-drawn border in blue and red ink and with hand-drawn and painted salutation (as leafy flower garlands): 'My Dear Eliza'. On the verso is a handwritten date in brown ink: '12th of August 1844'. A small oval-shaped white card with a border of punched 'lace' is inscribed in green ink: 'Eliza Harriet Buchan / 1844' and at the centre with two hand-drawn flaming hearts pierced with arrows and flanked by a forget-me-not to the left and pink rose to the right. An additional inscription in brown ink to either side of the date: 'Forget me not'. The verso is blank.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14575-R
Primary reference Number: 215520
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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