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Valentine card: P.14419-R.f24r

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Categories

Description

A small square of white lace-paper with a hand-coloured blue edge. Hand-painted (stencilled) stems of pink blossom at the centre with a hand-written verse in blue ink above and below: 'Tho apart from thee my love / Still believe I'll constant prove'. Hand-written initials in black ink, presumably by the sender, have been added at lower left and right: 'H.M.B. A.S.L.'.

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
Pen and ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14419-R.f24r
Primary reference Number: 215416
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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/215416 Accessed: 2024-11-16 03:35:51

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