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Greetings Card

c.1870 (made), Feb 14 1870 (marked)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Valentine with separate hand-written verse and envelope. Collage of embossed and silver paper, artificial moss, green paper leaves, embossed silk leaves and scraps, one with the word 'AFFECTION' with an aperture backed with watered silk, inside, a hand written verse signed ‘SENEX’


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
paper, silver paper, artificial moss, green paper, embossed silk, watered silk, hand written, ink, collage, embossed
Brief description
Anonymous artist: Valentine with separate hand-written verse and envelope, 'AFFECTION', addressed to Miss Starr, c.1870
Physical description
Valentine with separate hand-written verse and envelope. Collage of embossed and silver paper, artificial moss, green paper leaves, embossed silk leaves and scraps, one with the word 'AFFECTION' with an aperture backed with watered silk, inside, a hand written verse signed ‘SENEX’
Dimensions
  • When folded height: 17.7cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971)
  • When folded width: 12.3cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971)
Marks and inscriptions
  • AFFECTION (Lettered within design)
  • SENEX February 14, 1870 (Hand written verse signed and dated)
Credit line
Acquired from the collection of the late Estella Canziani in 1970.
Subjects depicted
Associations
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1970
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.1:16-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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