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My Pretty Bird: P.14375-R

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An image of Valentine card
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Current Location: In storage

Titles

My Pretty Bird
Valentine card

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Publisher: Unknown

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Description

Collage of lithographed and hand-coloured elements on white lace-paper, including a bullfinch and cut-paper flowers and leaves and stencilled leaves. A message handwritten at upper centre: "My Pretty Bird / will you come and dwell with / me among the Flowers?" DOBBS embossed at lower centre. The inside pages are 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. 59.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1830 - 1845

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14375-R
Primary reference Number: 214540

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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