Printed Ephemera — 1856-1857
Card, valentine card
Incomplete, handfinished valentine's card comprising a single sheet of white lace paper embossed with a floral border design surrounding a centrally applied cream satin panel handpainted with a hot air balloon named 'Faith' above a floral garland. Below the panel is a heavily embossed image of two lovers reclining in a field. Applied above the image is a paper scroll printed 'Tho lost to sight to memory dear'. The card is incomplete as is has no back or inner sheet.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/1322
- 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:
- 1856-1857
- Material:
paper, cotton, textile
- Measurements/duration:
- H 176 mm, W 120 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- 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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