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Valentine card: P.14414-R-124

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Valentine card

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gilks, Edward

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Description

A hand-coloured lithograph on white wove paper cut into a small oval medallion and mounted onto the recto of a folded sheet of cream laid paper. A female figure wearing doublet and hose and holding a plumed hat. A lithographed verse is printed onto the cream laid paper below: 'Bareheaded, Lady, on thy state, - / As humble pages should, I wait, ...'. The lithograph is signed at lower left: 'GILKS.' A watermark: '[bracket with ?horn and fleur de lys] ?I E'. The interior is blank. This is one of three designs for valentines by Gilks mounted onto the same page of album P.14414-R which feature small lithographs of women in theatrical costume that are cut down and pasted onto paper with either hand-written or lithographed verse below. This design was probably produced between 1847 and 1852, as this seems a likely date for P.14414-R-122, a similar design mounted on the same leaf of the album. Gilks emigrated to Australia in 1852.

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 1847 - Circa 1852

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14414-R-124
Primary reference Number: 215115

Audit data

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

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

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