These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
4to-size single sheet of white wove paper with an embossed rectangular panel at the centre. There are hand-painted scallop shell emblems in pink at the four corners with a hand-drawn border in blue around the outside edge of the panel. An oval-shaped panel at the centre has a hand-painted scene of a shoreline with outline of a sea cave framing the foreground. A cut-paper lithographed and hand-coloured figure of a maiden in white wearing a crown of pink roses on her head and standing in a large scallop shell on the sea would seem to be a representation of the birth of Venus. The figure also has visible wings, however and so additionally appears angelic.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
1850
-
1870
Watercolour
Lithography
Gouache
Accession number: P.14411-R-29
Primary reference Number: 214659
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Valentine card" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214659 Accessed: 2024-11-16 11:31:49
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214659
|title=Valentine card
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-16 11:31:49|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-214659
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14411_R_29_1_201608_amt49_dc2.jpg"
alt="Valentine card"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Valentine card</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
