Printed Ephemera — 1841-1860
Card, valentine card
Incomplete valentine's card comprising a single sheet of white lace paper elaborately embossed with roundels containing images of lovers, animals, windmills and other buildings within a rural setting. The central oval area has an applied cream satin panel handpainted with a flower and leaf wreath surrounding an applied cut out paper image of a small dog sitting in a kennel. Below is a paper scroll printed 'Forget me Not'. The card does not have a back, suggesting it is incomplete.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/646
- Object name:
- card, valentine card
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- King, Jonathan
- Related people:
- Related events:
- Related places:
17 Wilderness Row, Clerkenwell, London [Islington], Islington
- Production date:
- 1841-1860
- Material:
paper, cotton, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 175 mm, W 117 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:
- —
- License this image:
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