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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A valentine front paper of embossed gilt lace-paper with rounded corners and with a central oval window backed with a chromolithograph of forget-me-nots against a dark brown background. A motto with chromolithographed flowers and leaves is affixed at lower centre: 'THINE / AND THINE ONLY'. The front is pasted to a secondary support of blue wove paper with rounded corners which may not be part of the original valentine. The same design of embossed gilt lace-paper is seen in no. 64 in the same album.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1870
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Circa
1880
Accession number: P.14417-R-58
Primary reference Number: 215287
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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