The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use
This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.
Download this imageFor further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.
Devoted Love Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A hand-coloured lithograph on yellow-tinted laid paper with blue edging. A vignette of a young couple embracing beside an open window, the gentleman's white horse seen outside and a bridge over a river in the background to the left. The title below: DEVOTED LOVE and a printed verse: " 'Tis not the evanescent flame / That kindles at a Ball or masque / That the first word of blame can quench / 'Tis not such love as this I ask ...". The verse is bordered by the stems and flowers of wild honeysuckle, with WILD HONEYSUCKLE printed below the verse on a ribbon at lower centre. Emblems of Cupid - a flaming torch and cloud - at lower right. The inside pages are blank. From a series. P.14346-R-60 is another example of this design printed onto blue-tinted paper with red edges. See also: P.14346-R-58; P.14346-R-59; P.14346-R-60 and P.14346-R-61. An example from the same series printed on yellow-tinted paper is held at the Museum of London, see 34.170/936. It has been dated, 1860-1880.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1860
-
1880
Accession number: P.14346-R-62
Primary reference Number: 214448
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Devoted Love" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214448 Accessed: 2025-12-12 21:20:07
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214448
|title=Devoted Love
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-12 21:20:07|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-214448
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14346_R_62_1_201702_amt49_dc2.jpg"
alt="Devoted Love"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Devoted Love</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...