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Ever faithful
Embossed gilded lace-paper front, with areas overpainted in purple. An applied silk ribbon at lower centre and with varnished chromolithographic print of a dog mounted on a silk panel at the centre with a garland of cut-paper, hand-coloured and embossed flowers. A printed motto on a paper scroll at upper centre: 'Ever faithful'. Card opens to handwritten verse: 'Roses are red / and violets blue / Carnation sweet / And so are you / / And so are they / that sent you this / And when we meet / We will have a kiss. / Ever yours & c'.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Embossing
Colour printing
Lithography
Accession number: P.14342-R-18
Primary reference Number: 206498
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Ever faithful" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/206498 Accessed: 2024-12-27 15:04:33
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