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Greetings Card

c.1868 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

A rectangular sheet, a white paper with black lettering, in imitation of a bank note. Lettered ‘BANK OF LOVE I Promise to pay to you on Demand the entire LOVE of the suppliant who sends this, 1868, February 14 Temple of Hymen 14 February 1868. For the Govn and Compa: of the BANK OF LOVE. Cupid.'


Object details

Category
Greeting Cards
Object type
Greetings card
Materials and techniques
paper, printer's ink, printed
Paper
Printer's Ink
Printed
Brief description
Anonymous artist: Valentine, imitation bank note, 'BANK OF LOVE', c.1868
Physical description
A rectangular sheet, a white paper with black lettering, in imitation of a bank note. Lettered ‘BANK OF LOVE I Promise to pay to you on Demand the entire LOVE of the suppliant who sends this, 1868, February 14 Temple of Hymen 14 February 1868. For the Govn and Compa: of the BANK OF LOVE. Cupid.'
Dimensions
  • When folded height: 13cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971)
  • When folded width: 21.2cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971)
Marks and inscriptions
A rectangular sheet, a white paper with black lettering, in imitation of a bank note. Lettered ‘BANK OF LOVE I Promise to pay to you on Demand the entire LOVE of the suppliant who sends this, 1868, February 14 Temple of Hymen 14 February 1868. For the Govn and Compa: of the BANK OF LOVE. Cupid (Lettered)
Credit line
Acquired from the collection of the late Estella Canziani in 1970.
Subject depicted
Valentines
Association
Canziani
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1970
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.1:12-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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