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Valentine card: P.14413-R-109

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

A small 48-mo-size 'raised' valentine with a cameo-embossed top layer 'frame' of die-cut white paper with a pink ground and oval window, mounted on paper springs to a second layer of plain embossed paper with scalloped edge and shaped corners tinted red with oval window. A blind of red gauze across the central window mounted with a scrap of pink and blue flowers in a vase. The top layer frame is decorated with a small, hand-coloured garland of pink roses and scrap of a hand holding a glass with the motto: 'MY LOVE TO YOU'. The front paper is adhered to the back paper.

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

Chromolithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14413-R-109
Primary reference Number: 214958
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024 Last processed: Tuesday 29 July 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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