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A Love Choice: P.14417-R-22

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Love Choice
Valentine card

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Publisher: Unknown

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Description

A small sachet valentine of white embossed and perforated paper with a printed ears of corn design in pink ink. A central roundel contains a title and printed verse on white paper: 'A / LOVE CHOICE / Oh! Thou knowest I have / given - All my love to thee / Of thy love I pray to thee keep ...'. The sachet is open along the left edge.

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

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14417-R-22
Primary reference Number: 215251

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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