IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 206532 accession number: P.14342-R-52 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 13 August 2015 updated: Tuesday 12 February 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: A quarto valentine of gilded and embossed lace-paper with hand colouring. A central aperture has a blind of cream gauze onto which is mounted an embossed and hand-coloured lace-paper wreath of two flower stems (red campion) tied with a blue bow. The stems frame a central oval panel of cream silk onto which is painted a posy of flowers (pink rose, passion flower and convolvulus). A silver paper ornament: 'Love' is affixed onto the gauze at upper centre. The valentine opens to reveal an extensive handwritten dedication in sections entitled 'Recitative', 'Aria' and 'Finale' (all operatic references). The 'Recitative' in verse reads: 'Before thy Shrine / St Valentine / I once again appear / To pay to you / The Tribute due / For the forthcoming year'. The 'Finale' reads: 'On thy future Ladye Fayre / may a bright sun always shine / Is the constant & the fervent prayer / of thy true / Valentine'. The date is written at lower left: '14 Feby', although the date appears to have been rubbed from the paper. The inscription includes three references to the dedicatee, 'my Ladye Fayre', whom we know is the actress, 'Diana'. See also nos. 49 and 76 in this album, which are all addressed to 'Diana' or 'Ladye Fayre' from the same devoted suitor. See also album record P.14342-R for references to these valentines in the Glaisher letters. A maker's name cannot be found on this valentine, but the quality is again very fine and the original price would have been high. title: Valentine card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/206532 TECHNIQUES ---------- hand colouring TECHNIQUES ---------- collage CATEGORIES ------ category: print category: album DATING ------ culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14342_R_52_1_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 844 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14342_R_52_1_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 607 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14342_R_52_1_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 844 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14342_R_52_1_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 303 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14342_R_52_2_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 835 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14342_R_52_2_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 613 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14342_R_52_2_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 835 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14342_R_52_2_201604_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 307 pixels width: 250 pixels