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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A small valentine on white laid paper with an embossed border and hand-coloured lithograph of a lady and gentleman in an interior; the lady, wearing a green dress trimmed with purple bows, sitting in a chair with a footstool and the gentleman in grey jacket standing beside her. A verse is printed below: 'Oh grant a Lover's fervent prayer / And make my joy complete / That I with that bliss may share, / So loving and so sweet'. The interior is blank. The front is adhered to the back at lower right.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1850
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Circa
1860
Accession number: P.14416-R-28
Primary reference Number: 215173
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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