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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
4to-size white wove paper with embossed border. A lithographed and hand-coloured posy of flowers at the centre (red and pink roses, primulas) which has been cut into a 'cobweb' design. A silk thread lifts to reveal a Cupid taking aim with his arrow at a heart mounted on a garlanded column. The paper has been folded for delivery and an address written on the verso with black sealing wax in tact: "Miss Charlotte Smith / 23 York Street / New Cut / Lambeth". "Paid" written at lower left and stamp of black ink: [?R]O STRAND / 2D PAID. Postmark stamp of red ink bearing date: FE11 / 1837. The same name and address is inscribed on the verso of P.14410-R-52.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1837
Accession number: P.14410-R-48
Primary reference Number: 214623
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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