IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 215449 accession number: P.14421-R.f11ri DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 updated: Monday 29 May 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: A small valentine of white lace-paper and central silk panel inside an envelope of white wove paper with lace-paper verso and lace-paper edges on two of the flaps and a gold foil 'seal' still affixed. A red slip paper is inserted behind the lace-paper and an oval window contains a panel of pale pink silk with letterpress title and verse in black ink: 'I'LL WRITE TO THEE. / I'll write to thee! aye, fondly write, / My every whisper'd sigh, / My thoughts by day, my dreams by night, / My wish that thou wert nigh, / I'll send thee vows as softly sweet / As breathings from the south; / A kiss - but no, when next we meet, / A kiss by word of mouth.'. A handwritten inscription in black ink on the inside of the uppermost flap: 'From J.H. / April 2nd 1853.'. title: Valentine card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/215449 TECHNIQUES ---------- applied textile TECHNIQUES ---------- letterpress CATEGORIES ------ category: print category: album DATING ------ creation date: 1853 - 1853 creation date earliest: 1853 creation date latest: 1853 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown