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Valentine card
Publisher: Kershaw, George
A valentine of white lace-paper with a pale pink slip paper. A smaller layer of gilt embossed paper with seashell/grotto motifs is mounted on paper springs at the centre and an oval window frames a collage of cut-paper and hand-coloured flowers and foliage. A cut-paper, hand-coloured bird in flight is mounted above. At upper centre is a collage of cut-paper and hand-coloured flowers, some with gilt centres. A large paper scroll with gilt lithographed detail and verse in red ink is mounted at lower centre: ''Tis not to seasons I confine / Affection most sincere / The tribute of my heart is thine / Throughout the rolling year'. KERSHAW & SON is stamped along the spine at centre left. The interior is blank.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Hand colouring
Lithography
Collage
Accession number: P.14537-R
Primary reference Number: 215482
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Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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