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St. Valentine's Beau Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
Single piece of cream card with lengths of satin ribbon (pink, red, blue, green, white) attached with a pin at upper centre. Printed title and verse: "St. VALENTINE'S BEAU / If of me you / ever think / Please return the / piece of PINK / If to me you will / be true / Please return the / piece of BLUE ... Yours lovingly, / EVOLNI" (anagram of "IN LOVE").
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14345-R-74
Primary reference Number: 214359
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "St. Valentine's Beau" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214359 Accessed: 2024-11-24 21:31:07
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