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Valentine

14 February 1836 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Valentine, card with a leather glove and lithographed pink rose,

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Object details

Categories
Romance
Greeting Cards
Prints
Object type
Valentine
Materials and techniques
card, pen and ink, collage, miniature leather glove and colour lithography.
Card
Printing Ink
Printing
Brief description
Unknown. Handmade Valentine including a miniature leather glove, handwritten message. 1836.
Physical description
Valentine, card with a leather glove and lithographed pink rose,
Credit line
Bequeathed by Guy Tristram Little
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2190-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1025313/valentine-unknown/
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