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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
Hand-coloured etching and engraving on a single sheet of 4to-size white wove paper. A couple wearing regency dress, the lady veiled, stand at the altar of Hymen who conducts a marriage ceremony. Crimson curtains enclose the scene. An engraved verse below: "Oh do kind Cupid aid me pray, / And make my sweet Love kind, / Great joy and mirth shall crown the day / That Hymen doth us bind.". An erased graphite inscription is visible at upper centre and centre right. A graphite inscription at upper right: "13". Graphite inscription on the verso: "7/6 / Gretna Green / [...]".
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1822
Engaving
Hand colouring
Etching
Accession number: P.14410-R-39
Primary reference Number: 214614
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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