IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 215311 accession number: P.14417-R-82 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: A cameo-embossed valentine with a front paper of two layers, the first mounted on paper springs to the second. The valentine is oriented as landscape and the embossed paper design is of a grotto with sea shells and coral and Cupids on lace-paper boats at upper centre. The upper layer of paper has three windows, the central window containing a silver embossed classical archway with fluted columns. The central arch contains a watercolour scene of a church with trees represented by real moss, which is painted onto the white wove back paper. Two embossed white paper fairy ornaments with lace-paper wings are positioned inside the two windows at left and right which are backed with purple paper and surmounted with identical embossed flower scraps. At lower centre is a collage of gilt, embossed paper fern fronds with white linen leaves and a flower scrap with the motto: 'AFFECTION'S OFFERING'. 'WINDSOR' and a lozenge containing letters and roman numerals are stamps on the lower layer at lower right. A Diamond Mark (1842-1883) sometimes accompanies valentines made by Windsor & Sons in addition to the name stamp. A hand-written inscription on the album leaf: '[arrow pointing towards lower right of valentine] marked'. title: Valentine card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/215311 TECHNIQUES ---------- watercolour TECHNIQUES ---------- chromolithography TECHNIQUES ---------- collage CATEGORIES ------ category: print category: album DATING ------ creation date: 1860 - 1880 creation date earliest: 1860 creation date latest: 1880 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Windsor & Sons IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14417_R_82_1_201608_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 620 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14417_R_82_1_201608_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 303 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14417_R_82_1_201608_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 620 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14417_R_82_1_201608_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 151 pixels width: 249 pixels