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Valentine card: P.14564-R

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Valentine card

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Publisher: Whitney, George C.

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Description

A valentine made by the American company, George C. Whitney. Square card with shaped edges folded in half along the top edge. An embossed chromolithographed design of narcissi, forget-me-nots, daisies, poppies cobwebs and red and gold hearts surround a central heart containing a chromolithographed scene of a round-faced young girl with a yellow bow in her hair, eating at a table accompanied by a toy bear. A smaller square of cream lace-paper is mounted onto the front with two paper springs. Two small chromolithographed scraps affixed to either side of a cupid fishing for hearts and a red heart containing two children's heads kissing. Inside is a lithograph of a boy and girl in a boat flanked by heart motifs. A verse is printed below: 'There are many kinds of Valentines, / Some made of lace and glue, / "Comics" and the stand-up kind,/ And then there's post cards, too; / But when I choose My Valentine, / I'm going to choose just YOU.'. On the verso, a monogrammed trademark: 'Whitney Made / Worcester Mass. / MADE IN U.S.A.'. For George C. Whitney & Company, see Ruth Webb Lee, _A History of Valentines_, pp. 67-75.

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

Dating

20th Century
Production date: circa AD 1920

School or Style

American

Techniques used in production

Lithography
Chromolithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14564-R
Primary reference Number: 215509

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018

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

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