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Love's Wish: P.14527-R

An image of Valentine card

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Love's Wish
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

White lace-paper with filigree leaf and fuschia design. A white wove oval paper panel at the centre is mounted with a scrap of a rose which lifts up to reveal a printed verse below in blue ink: 'Love's Wish / May the dear one I so / truly love - Have troubles / light, if any ...'. Lithographed message printed in blue ink around the panel: 'From one who Loves you Dearly'. The white lace-paper is without a back paper and is mounted onto a piece of blue paper. From the same series as P.14529-R.

Legal notes

Given by Sir Stephen Gaselee, 1942

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by Gaselee, Stephen

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Chromolithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14527-R
Primary reference Number: 215472
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Thursday 6 January 2022 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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