Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A small rectangle of white wove paper with a hand-coloured lithograph of a white lily with red rose buds flanked by urns of flowers and trees above with lithographed verse above and below: 'My life I dedicate / to thee, / And own myself / no longer free.'. The lithograph has been cut from a larger valentine design and is pasted at the centre of a leaf of pale pink wove paper within an embossed frame of roses and which is stamped by the maker of the album at lower left and right: 'Rock & Co London'.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14419-R.f9r
Primary reference Number: 215410
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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