Printed Ephemera — 1860-1880
Card, valentine card
Handfinished valentine's card comprising an uncoloured lace paper top sheet embossed with a flower design surrounding a central oval panel of cream watered silk. The panel is decorated with a handpainted arrangement of a peach, strawberries and a butterfly and is surrounded by an applied wreath of pressed white fabric leaves. Below is a paper scrap in the form of a clover pierced by an arrow printed 'True love be my guide'.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/866
- Object name:
- card, valentine card
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- King, Jonathan
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- Production date:
- 1860-1880
- Material:
paper, silk, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 246 mm, W 201 mm
- Part of:
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- 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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