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Prospect of a New Moon Valentine card
Publisher: Dobbs, Henry
Collage of cut-paper, hand-coloured birds, flowers and foliage with blue silk, gauze clouds and gold tinsel crescent moon and etched, cut-paper castle on white lace-paper with a cameo embossed inner border with gold ground (See also P.14410-R-34). Title written in blue ink at upper centre: "Prospect of a New Moon.". "Hope Castle" written in brown ink below and "Happiness" in blue ink on the flag in the castle tower. The door of the castle opens to reveal a hand-drawn and cut-paper Cupid holding a golden bow. The collage lifts at the right side to reveal a hand-written message in black ink (different hand - presumably the sender's): "A token of / constancy from / one who loves / you". DOBBS embossed at lower centre. Watermark: JOYNSON / 1845. 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. 34. A graphite number "34" is written onto the album leaf in the lower right-hand corner, which corresponds to the numbering of the catalogue.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1845
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1851
Hand colouring
Collage
Etching
Accession number: P.14410-R-21
Primary reference Number: 214596
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Prospect of a New Moon" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214596 Accessed: 2024-07-27 08:27:59
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