Printed Ephemera — 1860-1880
Thy Smile is sweetness
Incomplete Valentine's card comprising a single sheet of white lace paper heavily embossed with a design incorporating figures pillars and an arch surrounding an panel of white rice paper. Applied to the rice paper is a white embossed paper bridge flanked by white embossed trees. Below is applied a paper scroll printed 'Thy Smile is sweetness'. The card is incomplete as it has no back or inner sheet.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/778
- Object name:
- Thy Smile is sweetness
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- King, Jonathan
- Related people:
- Related events:
- Related places:
Crane Court, Fleet Street, London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- 1860-1880
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 59 mm, W 95 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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