The Valentine Album Valentine card
Publisher: Meek, George
A comic valentine with novelty portrait album. A single sheet of white paper with an embossed design of roses at each corner and along left and right sides. A scalloped outer edge and inner border of lace-paper latticework. A hand-written (or lithographed) title and message at upper and lower centre: 'The / Valentine Album / Containing 6 Portraits / You are at perfect liberty / To choose the one / most suited to your own / Individual Case.'. Mounted at the centre is a novelty book with a glazed, lithographed and hand-coloured cover design, to appear as an album with a 'metal' fastener at the right side, and coloured in yellow, red, green, blue and gold inks. Inside are several pages of hand-coloured lithographs of various animals, including a goose, snake, monkey and donkey/ass. 'MEEK' is stamped onto the white paper at lower centre.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14418-R-40
Primary reference Number: 215388
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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