Printed Ephemera — 1860-1880
Card, valentine card
Handfinished valentine's card comprising a cream top sheet with a perforated lace paper border surrounding a central panel. Handpainted on the panel are leaves and stems relating to three applied cut out paper flowers. The bunch is tied by an applied cream satin bow. Handwritten on the panel is the message 'Thou art to me more lovely fair Than heavens pride the evening star'.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/1037
- 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:
- 1860-1880
- Material:
paper, cotton, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 175 mm, W 112 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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