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Valentine card Friendship
A small valentine with a front of embossed and gilded paper with a hand-coloured scene of two winged putti pulling curtains aside to left and right and a pair of doves at upper centre. An oval aperture at the centre containing a verse titled 'FRIENDSHIP' printed on a silk panel: 'Ah why should words in anger spoken, / Crush friendship formed by years; / Must hopes of future sun be broken, / Because one cloud appears? ...'. The interior is blank.
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-38
Primary reference Number: 206518
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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