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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
Circular card backing with shaped edges and overlay of white lace-paper punctuated with embossed scraps of forget-me-nots. A 'raised' circular frame of gilded lace-paper at the centre, mounted to the backing with paper springs, with cotton lace edges attached. Gilded lace-paper at the centre surrounding a circular, silk padded panel with printed verse: "I LOVE / THEE STILL. / I love thee still - I love / thee still / As truly as when we first met, ...". Verso is blank. This card was included in the exhibition of valentine cards, _For ever thine: the nineteenth century valentine_, held in the Charrington Print Room at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1995, no. 46. This valentine was one of 12 included in the exhibition about J.W.L. Glaisher as collector, _James Whitbread Lee Glaisher ScD, FRS (1848-1928) Mathematician and Collector_, held in the Octagon Gallery at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1999, Case 9. The selection repeated that of the 1995 exhibition.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
1850
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1860
Applied textile
Chromolithography
Accession number: P.14363-R
Primary reference Number: 214528
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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