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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
White embossed paper (as lace) mounted with cuttings of lilac and silver embossed lace-paper arranged in a 'frame' around a central oval window with a rice-paper blind mounted with flower scraps (one on a paper spring) and cut-paper embossed leaves and a lilac paper ornament of putti with garlands. A motto printed onto a paper flaming heart at lower centre: 'Joy of / my / heart'. A small scrap of a winged putto with a dove is affixed at upper centre. The back paper is missing. Remnants of pink paper adhered to the verso indicate that the valentine was previously mounted.
Given by Sir Stephen Gaselee, 1942
Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by Gaselee, Stephen
Accession number: P.14619-R
Primary reference Number: 215579
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Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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