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Tis sweet to Love
Very small valentine (70 x 50 mm). White, embossed and gilded lace-paper with central circular aperture containing a coloured lithograph of a blond-haired boy with a canary. A paper swag with printed motto at lower centre: 'Tis sweet / to Love'. Opens to hand written message: "Mamma / 1861". The inscription appears to be written in the same hand as those found in P.14342-R-7 and P.14342-R-27 and which would seem to identify these cards as a group that were sent from a mother to her child in the 1860s.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1861
Hand colouring
Colour printing
Lithography
Accession number: P.14342-R-26
Primary reference Number: 206506
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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