Note relating to valentines and Fitzwilliam Museum curators: P.14420-R-L1

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Note relating to valentines and Fitzwilliam Museum curators

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Found loose inside the flyleaf of album P.14420-R. A leaf from a Heffer's diary, dated May 1957. The verso has been used as a memorandum with three notes written by two different Fitzwilliam Museum curators, 'LAH' (Leonard A. Holder) and 'PMG' (Phyllis Giles). The first two notes mention valentines. The first note is written in graphite and signed with initials 'PMG' (Giles): 'The book of Victorian textile specimens ... is on the large folio cabinet with the book of valentines'. The second note is written in black ink and signed with initials 'LAH' (Holder): 'Collected 22 May - receipt with valentines wh. [which] P.T. thought we should offer direct to Laver's dept. although he guessed the answer wd. [would] be "No"!'. This is presumably a reference to James Laver (1899-1975) who was Keeper of Paintings, Drawings & Prints at the V&A from 1938-1959. Laver's department was known for its collection of valentines.

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20th Century
Production date: AD 1957

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Pen and ink
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Accession number: P.14420-R-L1
Primary reference Number: 215445
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Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Tuesday 14 February 2017

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

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