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The Heart Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A small 48mo embossed card with shaped edges printed red. An oval window with a white silk blind printed in black ink with the verse: 'The Heart. / The grief that lurks / beneath a smile, / The tear that scarcely / dims the eye, / The wrath that scarce- / ly curls the lip, / The Heart can readi- /ly descry.'.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
1860
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1880
Accession number: P.14413-R-38
Primary reference Number: 214887
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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