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Valentine card: P.14342-R-62

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card
Standard Roses

Maker(s)

Dobbs, Henry

Entities

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Description

Quarto valentine, front-paper only. Border of embossed 'lace' over gilded paper and internal 'frame' of embossed 'lace' at the centre of which is a collage of hand-coloured, cut-paper pink roses and buds and leaves in the form of a standard rose bush with hand-painted details and a further cut-paper collage of forget-me-not flowers and leaves around the base of the trunk. Two flags of cut-paper with gilding are affixed to left and right with inscribed mottos: 'Hope / supports / me' and 'Through every / Danger, Constant'. The flags lift to reveal additional messages which may have been written by the sender: 'Love' and 'Hope'. Two cut-paper, embossed and hand-coloured birds are affixed to the paper at lower left and centre right. 'DOBBS, KIDD & CO. / LONDON', blind-stamped at lower centre.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Embossing
Colour printing
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14342-R-62
Primary reference Number: 206542

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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