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Affection: P.14413-R-14

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Affection
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

A 'raised' valentine composed of a lace-paper frame decorated with fabric forget-me-nots and white cut-paper hearts with silver details at upper and lower centre. The frame is mounted with paper springs to a layer of plain embossed paper. A window at the centre is mounted with a lace-paper medallion with the embossed motto: 'TO / ONE / I LOVE' and a sprig of fabric forget-me-nots. A white satin ribbon bow with a scrap of white paper flower design with silver detailing is affixed at lower centre. On the inside right-hand page: an oval-shaped medallion with a silver lace-paper frame contains a printed verse: 'AFFECTION / Oh! think of me, dearest / at close of the day ... And thinking of love, and of thee.'. Graphite inscription at lower right: '[?] 4'. The inscription probably relates to the price Glaisher paid for the valentine from a dealer.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
1870 - 1880

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14413-R-14
Primary reference Number: 214864
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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