IDENTIFIERS
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id:	215527
accession number:	P.14582-R

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Tuesday 14 February 2017
updated:	Friday 26 January 2018

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: A valentine contained inside a small envelope. The valentine is of white lace-paper with a central panel mounted with a red fabric flower with gouache painted centre and large green fabric leaves. The stem, additional leaves and buds are hand painted. A small paper scroll with lithographed verse in blue ink (missing in places): 'Oh say that I may / call you mine / My hearts [sic] / choice my Valentine'. MEEK is stamped at lower left. On the inside right-hand page is a personal handwritten verse in black ink: 'When on N.Z. shores I pine / To call some gentle being mine / I'll think of thee sweet Ellen fair / and wish thy lovely presence there'. The valentine has been folded twice. The small envelope of white wove paper is addressed on the recto in black ink to: 'Miss Ellen Gibson / The Rectory / Bermondsey / London'. A postmark at upper right corner and mark where a stamp may have been (steamed off for re-use?) with '_Paid_' written by hand in black ink. An embossed roundel containing a rose on the opening flap on the verso. Two postmarks on the verso, one printed in blue ink: '.CATEST.NE / FE 15 / 1851'.
title:	Valentine card

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/215527





TECHNIQUES
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watercolour
TECHNIQUES
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applied textile
TECHNIQUES
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gouache

CATEGORIES
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category: print

DATING
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creation date:	1851 - 1851
creation date earliest:	1851
creation date latest:	1851
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Meek, George


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