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Valentine card: P.14600-R

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Mansell, Joseph

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Description

A small valentine comprising a folded sheet of thin, white coated paper mounted with a white lace-paper oval panel with scalloped edges. MANSELL stamped on the panel at lower centre. A collage of hand-coloured cut-paper foliage and flowers inside a silver paper urn ornament. A verse is written around the lower half in blue ink: 'Oh! let me love thee ['love' overwritten in black ink], And soon subdue thee'. The interior is blank. There is a handwritten price on the verso at upper left: '1/6 [1 shilling and sixpence]'. Found loose with P.14601-R inside a white envelope printed in black ink: 'UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE'.

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

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Pen and ink
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14600-R
Primary reference Number: 215545
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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