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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A single sheet of white card with a scalloped edge and an embossed border of roses. A cameo-embossed overlay of green and gold lace-paper with a standing male figure and seated female figure. A central roundel of white silk with gold lace-paper frame and hand-written verse: 'On this auspicious / day incline / To glad my heart dear / Valentine'. A collage of fabric leaves and embossed, chromolithographed flowers at lower centre. Paper springs visible at upper centre and upper right indicate that the green/gold paper overlay would have originally lifted up, but the paper has since been pasted to the white card.
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.14417-R-5
Primary reference Number: 215234
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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