IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 214238 accession number: P.14344-R-21 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 updated: Friday 20 April 2018 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: An envelope with a hand-written address to: "Miss Florence Wilson / 24 Grand Parade / St Leonards on Sea". The postmark states: "Hastings / Feb 13 / 63". There is a red one penny stamp affixed at the upper right corner. On the verso is an inscription in graphite written Catherine Parson's hand which states: 'Dates between 1859 / 63'. This is one of three envelopes addressed to Florence Wilson found in album P.14344. See P.14344-R-27 and P.14344-R-29. See also valentine cards P.14344-R-22 and P.14344-R-23 and probably three others. See also P.14397-R, which was taken from this album and is now loose. An inscription in graphite written on the album leaf below P.14344-R-22 and 23 in Catherine Parson's hand, states: 'These five valentines were sent between the years 1859-63 by Dr. Glaisher's sister to her school friend Mrs Florence Wilson, who gave them, with other valentines, to Dr Glaisher for his collection in 1925.'. Catherine Parsons was a close friend of Glaisher, especially towards the end of his life, and undertook to mount and arrange his valentine collection into albums from the Autumn of 1924 to the Summer of the following year and beyond. See letters from Glaisher to Parsons held at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Glaisher's sister was called, Cecilia Appellina Glaisher (1845-1932). The Glaisher family often spent their holidays in Hastings. See: Hunt, J.L., 'J. W. L. Glaisher, FRS, ScD (1848-1928) (obituary)', _Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society_, Vol. 37, p.743, March 1996. title: Valentine card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214238 CATEGORIES ------ category: print category: album DATING ------ creation date: 1863 - 1863 creation date earliest: 1863 creation date latest: 1863 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: The Object of My Affection: Stories of Love from the Fitzwilliam Collection IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14344_R_21_1_201612_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 657 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14344_R_21_1_201612_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 321 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14344_R_21_1_201612_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 657 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14344_R_21_1_201612_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 160 pixels width: 249 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14344_R_21_2_201612_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 613 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14344_R_21_2_201612_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 835 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14344_R_21_2_201612_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 613 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14344_R_21_2_201612_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 418 pixels width: 250 pixels