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Valentine card: P.14422-R

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

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Publisher: Unknown

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Description

A small 48mo-size valentine of white embossed paper (as lace) and central hand-coloured lithograph of a courting couple, the lady wearing a pink dress. A verse printed above and below: 'Is there a doubt / within thy breast / Believe my vows / And give it rest.'. The back is of thinner, white wove paper. The interior is blank. On the verso is an inscription in graphite relating to price: '1/- [1 shilling]'. P.14423-R is from the same series.

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

Hand colouring
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14422-R
Primary reference Number: 215459
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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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