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Farewell Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A large, chromolithographed striped tulip with a blank scroll at lower centre. A circular flap with a scalloped edge cut into the flower at upper centre lifts up to reveal a printed verse in black ink on linen, hand-coloured pink: 'FAREWELL / Farewell! If ever fondest / prayer - For other's weal / availed on high, - Mine will / not all be lost in air, - But waft / thy name beyond the sky. 'Twere vain to speak, to weep, / to sigh, - Oh! more than tears / of blood can tell, - When / wrung from guilt's expiring / eye, - Are in that word - / Farewell! Farewell!'.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Applied textile
Chromolithography
Accession number: P.14420-R.f29ri
Primary reference Number: 215432
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Farewell" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/215432 Accessed: 2025-12-07 13:40:41
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