Valentine
1830-1840 (made)
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Valentine with a vignette of a woman wearing a brown and yellow dress and a white, yellow and blue hat, standing in a garden and pointing to two turtle doves sitting on a pedestal. Above the vignette is an arch of flowers - pink roses, yellow and blue primroses and bluebells - and below are four lines of verse. The border of the paper is embossed.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph, with embossed border |
| Brief description | Valentine depicting a woman pointing to two turtle doves, hand-coloured lithograph, British, ca. 1830 |
| Physical description | Valentine with a vignette of a woman wearing a brown and yellow dress and a white, yellow and blue hat, standing in a garden and pointing to two turtle doves sitting on a pedestal. Above the vignette is an arch of flowers - pink roses, yellow and blue primroses and bluebells - and below are four lines of verse. The border of the paper is embossed. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Emblem of Affection kind,
In the faithful Dove we find:
Pledge of my regard for thee,
May it raise thy Love to me.' |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Jane Samuels |
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| Association | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1537-1929 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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