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Forget me not: P.14413-R-105

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Forget me not
Valentine card

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Publisher: Unknown

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Description

A small, landscape oriented valentine in three sections with embossed lace-paper 'wings' to left and right hand-painted in blue and gold. Each wing has a central chromolithographed roundel of flowers with a gold background. At the centre is a panel of white embossed card with gilt detail with a border design featuring roses and a church and central verse printed in gold ink: 'FORGET / ME NOT / Long have I loved, / And loved thee too sin- / cere. / Time has but proved / That thou art doubly dear; ...'.

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
Circa 1870 - Circa 1880

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography
Chromolithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14413-R-105
Primary reference Number: 214954

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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