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Valentine card: P.14347-R-L5

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Park, A.

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Description

Loose within album P.14347-R. A hand-coloured lithograph with stippled effect on 4to-sized wove paper. A man is shown an image of his lady love in a mirror by Cupid. The figure in the mirror holds a white dove to her breast and a red rose in her left hand. A double classical archway behind and circular temple in the background to the right. The cloud in the foreground is associated with Cupid. A printed verse above and below: "Letters but faintly trace at best, / The thoughts that fill a lovers [sic] breast …". Printed at lower centre: "Pub by A. PARK, 47 Leonard St London." The inside pages are blank.

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

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1835 - Circa 1863

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14347-R-L5
Primary reference Number: 206576
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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