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Valentine card: P.14414-R-40

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

White lace-paper border with central rectangular panel 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: 'Content with thee my / Dearest Valentine'. A different inscription in the same hand is found on an almost identical card in the same album, P.14414-R-2. P.14414-R-2 also bears a George Kershaw stamp, and so it seems likely that this card, although unstamped, is also by Kershaw. The interior is blank.

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-40
Primary reference Number: 215031
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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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