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Valentine card
Publisher: Meek, George
Lace-paper with a flower shape cut out within the central panel of the paper which is backed with brown cloth. Mounted onto the cloth is a collage of cut-paper foliage and flowers with hand colouring, some in the shape of a heart. The outer-edges of the central cut-out panel are decorated with a design drawn in pen and ink and above and below are hand-painted and hand-drawn flower sprays with hand-coloured cut-paper additions. MEEK blind-embossed at lower centre. The backing paper is missing.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1840
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Circa
1900
Watercolour
Hand colouring
Collage
Accession number: P.14344-R-11
Primary reference Number: 214228
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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