Printed Ephemera — 1860-1880
Card, valentine card
Handfinished Valentine's card comprising a sheet of white lace paper embossed with vine, leaf and bird design. Applied to the central oval panel a paper cut out head and shoulders of an owl holding a piece of paper handwritten with the message 'I see thine eye still beaming I hear thy voice's tone It haunts me in my dreaming It visits me alone'.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/515
- Object name:
- card, valentine card
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Dobbs Kidd and Company
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- Production date:
- 1860-1880
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 141 mm, W 90 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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