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Loose inside album P.14414-R between nos 58 and 59. White wove paper with an embossed border design of flowers and acanthus scrolls. Early lithography in blue ink of a scalloped border with leafy branches surrounds a central panel of white lace paper mounted with a small puzzle purse (blank interior) decorated with a stencilled yellow and red tulip flower with stems and leaves. Small silver paper ornaments of birds carrying letters at centre left and right and a pair of clasped hands at lower centre. Lithographed verse in blue ink (missing in places) surrounds the central design: 'Life is sweet love so are flowers / So are loves [sic] bright sunny hours / Naught on earth so dear to me / As to know my love returned by thee'. 'G. KERSHAW LONDON' stamped at lower centre.
Title
Valentine card
Date
1840–1850
Accession number
P.14414-R-L9
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928