IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 215553 accession number: P.14608-R DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 updated: Friday 26 January 2018 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: A boxed valentine. A valentine contained inside a shallow white cardboard box with a lid. Heavy white card with lilac wash around the edges and an embossed bow design border with dots of silver frosting. A central heart-shaped frame of lilac-tinted white card is affixed at upper centre, tied to the front of the card with blue silk ribbon at left and upper centre. The frame contains a sheet of rice-paper onto which a bunch of violets is hand-painted in gouache. Another sprig of violets is hand-painted onto the card at lower left. The message: WITH MY LOVE is embossed and filled with silver frosting at lower right. Inside, a double sheet of white wove paper is tied into the card with the blue ribbon. On the left-hand inside page at lower left: 'Made in England'. On the right-hand inside page, a lithographed verse: 'Loving greetings now are spoken / And this card my wish shall bear / Be thy peace and joy unbroken / Be thy future blest and fair / Hearty Greetings / and / All Best Wishes / to my / Dear Valentine'. A price of '2/- [2 shillings]' is written in graphite onto the lid of the box at upper left. This valentine is similar in style and technique to P.14605-R. 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/215553 TECHNIQUES ---------- applied textile TECHNIQUES ---------- gouache CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ creation date: 1920 - 1920 creation date earliest: 1920 creation date latest: 1920 culture: 20th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14608_R_1_201610_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 856 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14608_R_1_201610_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 598 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14608_R_1_201610_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 856 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14608_R_1_201610_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 299 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14608_R_2_201610_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 796 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14608_R_2_201610_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 643 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14608_R_2_201610_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 796 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14608_R_2_201610_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 322 pixels width: 250 pixels