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Valentine card: P.14414-R-2

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Kershaw, George

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Description

White lace-paper border and central rectangular panel with a scalloped edge mounted with four roses cut from pink paper with lithographed detail in red ink and cut-paper green leaves with stems and tendrils hand-drawn in red ink around a drawing of the word 'LOVE' in gold ink with cutwork letters. A hand-written inscription above and below the central decoration in black ink: 'Dearest believe I / sincerely and truly love thee'. A different inscription in the same hand is seen on an almost identical card in the same album, P.14414-R-40. 'KERSHAW' stamped at lower centre. The stamp is not very 'clean' and difficult to decipher. A hand-written inscription in graphite at the inside upper right corner: 'J/C'. Similar inscriptions/markings in graphite are found on other cards in the same album.

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 1840 - Circa 1850

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Pen and ink
Lithography
Cut-paper work

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14414-R-2
Primary reference Number: 214993
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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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