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The Parting: P.14348-R-17

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Parting

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gilks, Edward (Attributed)

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Description

Design for a valentine on a small sheet of white laid paper with a lithograph of an embracing couple sitting below a tree, cut out and affixed at upper centre. The male figure wears a suit of armour. A title at lower left: "The Parting". The lithograph is almost certainly by Edward Gilks, as P.14348-R-17 is mounted as a group in the same album with other valentine designs signed by Gilks. A verse in faded ink is written below: "Fragrant and moist as a dew-drinking flower / on thy lips, my love! / Sweet is thy breath as the nectarine …". An inscription in ink (same hand as verse) at upper right corner: "46†".

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

Collage
Lithograph

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14348-R-17
Primary reference Number: 206605

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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