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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A large, home-made 4to-size valentine of cream wove paper, which appears unfinished. A garland of pasted cut-paper, hand-coloured flowers with additional hand-painted additions on the cream wove support in a circular arrangement with painted red ribbon tie at lower centre and Prince of Wales feathers with blue ribbon at upper centre. The cut-paper flowers lift up to reveal hand-written words or phrases in black ink and graphite (presumably written by the maker/sender): 'very much' (underneath forget-me-nots at upper left); 'That is a secret' (underneath pink rose at upper right); 'you are rude' (underneath striped tulip at centre left), etc.. There are some hand-written inscriptions in graphite which are not covered by cut-paper flowers/leaves.There is a circular impression in the paper at the centre, as if a frame was once placed there, and remnants of glue within this, as if something was once mounted there. The front paper is adhered to the back paper.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1830
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Circa
1840
Watercolour
Hand colouring
Collage
Accession number: P.14414-R-1
Primary reference Number: 214992
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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