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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A small leaf of gilded lace-paper with blue hand colouring in a design of leaves and flowers. Traces of the backing paper are visible. A lithographed cut-out of a bouquet of flowers on embossed paper is affixed at the centre. The cut-out lifts up at the bottom to reveal a roundel with a white silk printed panel bearing the verse: "A Wish / My friend I'd breathe a wish / that thou - might'st / spend thy life in love and / peace ..."
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14343-R-110
Primary reference Number: 214176
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Valentine card" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214176 Accessed: 2024-11-09 00:34:55
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