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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A 4to-sized Valentine of thin paper printed with a design of stencilled foliage and laurel wreaths and with hand-coloured and cut-paper morning glory flowers pasted onto the foliage stems. The edges of the paper are scalloped and repeated with an interior hand-drawn scalloped border. At the centre of the paper is an 'envelope' which is decorated with a hand-painted design of forget-me-not flowers and leaves tied with a red ribbon. The flaps of the 'envelope' open to reveal an embossed card with the hand-written motto: "Forget-me-not" and a pair of stencilled branches. It is comparable in size and style to P.14344-R-60.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1830
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Circa
1840
Stencilling
Hand colouring
Collage
Accession number: P.14344-R-61
Primary reference Number: 214278
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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