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Valentine card: P.14419-R.f20r

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Kershaw, George

Entities

Categories

Description

A single sheet of white lace-paper which has been trimmed (unevenly) along the left edge. Two stems of pink roses are stencilled onto the central panel. Three large, hand-coloured, cut-paper lithographs of butterflies are affixed around the roses and a small, lithographed paper scroll is affixed at lower centre. The scroll is printed in gold ink with a verse: 'This fragrant / flower my love / is thine / Accept from thy / Valentine'. A stencilled painting of two stems of pink roses is 'KER[SHAW]' is stamped at lower left (partially obscured by the printed scroll).

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Watercolour
Lithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14419-R.f20r
Primary reference Number: 215414
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Monday 29 May 2017 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Valentine card" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/215414 Accessed: 2024-11-16 03:51:32

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