Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
White lace-paper and plain central panel with scalloped, lace-paper border. At the centre is a tied posy of flowers of silver embossed paper which is overlaid with a die-cut, chromolithographed posy of ivy and forget-me-nots. The whole bouquet lifts up to reveal a lithographed verse within an oval panel with an embossed border: 'Though other scenes / attract you now / And other friends / you find / Still let your love / unchanging flow / To those you leave / behind.'. The lace-paper front is adhered to the back paper. A hand-written inscription in graphite on the album leaf above: '1868', is probably a transcription of a date found on the verso of the valentine prior to mounting into the album. The hand is probably that of Catherine Parsons (1890-1956), who mounted and arranged Glaisher's valentine albums from the Autumn of 1924 through to the Summer of the following year and beyond.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1868
Accession number: P.14418-R-48
Primary reference Number: 215396
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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