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Bliss Valentine card
Publisher: Smith, W
Loose inside the back fly-leaf of album P.14348-R. A lithographed verse titled 'BLISS' printed on a small 64mo-size rectangle of white paper mounted onto a small piece of blue wove paper which is folded over along the top edge: 'There's one that I could name / Whose form to me is fair, / If he but thought the same, / What bliss would be my share!'. Printed at lower left and lower right: 'W Smith Pubr / Memel St Old St London'. See also P.14353-R, which is a different verse using the same design published by Smith and mounted onto a similar piece of blue paper.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14348-R-L5
Primary reference Number: 214475
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