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Valentine card Love's Heraldry
A small valentine of white lace-paper with the handwritten title at upper centre: 'Love's Heraldry'. A cut-paper and silvered and gilded shield mounted with motifs of love; a circlet of forget-me-nots, heartsease and flaming hearts, ivy. A crest of cut-paper roses at upper centre. A cut-paper and gilded scroll with printed motto below: 'True Sympathy has no exhaustion'. A collage of hand-coloured cut-paper flowers at lower centre. 'DOBBS' blindstamped at lower centre (visible from the verso). The interior of the card is blank.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Hand colouring
Embossing
Collage
Accession number: P.14342-R-59
Primary reference Number: 206539
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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