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Valentine card
Designer:
Nister, Ernest
Publisher:
E.P. Dutton
A circular chromolithograph printed on one side of die-cut card and featuring a Cupid/putti figure hovering inside a circular life preserver, set against forget-me-not confetti with a red heart at upper right. Message and verse printed at upper and lower centre: "To my Valentine / I know a girl who's fond and true, / And think that I deserve her; / She loves me too, of course it's you, / My little Life Preserver." On the verso: Ernest Nister, London Printed in Bavaria. / No 740 E.P. Dutton & Co New York. 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. 79.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
1880
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1890
Accession number: P.14382-R
Primary reference Number: 214547
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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