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I've Told Thee: P.14417-R-20

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

I've Told Thee
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

A small valentine of silvered, embossed paper with a central roundel containing a silk panel printed with a title and verse: 'I'VE TOLD THEE / I've told thee, I've told / thee, an hundred times o'er / I love thee, I love thee, what can / I say more? I care not for wealth, and I ask not for fame, / I love thee, and love it all that I claim ...'. There is no back paper.

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

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Applied textile

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14417-R-20
Primary reference Number: 215249
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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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "I've Told Thee" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/215249 Accessed: 2024-04-19 09:17:54

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