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Valentine card
Printmaker: Harttwieg, Christian
Loose inside the back fly-leaf of album P.14348-R. A lithographed verse in black ink on a small sheet of 32mo-size card. A design of four oval medallions within a rectangular border, each containing parts of the verse: 'Gather the / ROSE BUDS / while ye may; Old Time / IS STILL / a flying; And that / same flower / that blooms today, ; Tomorrow / SHALL BE / dying.'. A printed inscription at bottom centre: 'Harttwieg scr. & lith. 108 Hatton Garden.'. The verso is blank. Christian Harttwieg seems to have been designing small valentines like this in the 1850s. See also:
http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/728702/to-love-lithographic-print-1850s/ search_hash=7cc0657ab1b506da9e12d3ac7c181007&search_offset=0&search_limit=100&search_sort_by=relevance_desc.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1850
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Circa
1860
Accession number: P.14348-R-L3
Primary reference Number: 214473
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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