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Greetings Card

c.1866 (made), February 14th 1866 (marked)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Lacy embossed paper folder, the front with silk inset hand-painted with lilac blossom and scroll inscribed ‘YOUR PURITY EQUALS YOUR LOVELINESS’, and
decorated with applied leaves of embossed silk, scraps of cupid’s heads. Inner leaf has an embossed and gilt cartouche printed ‘AFFECTION GIFT’. Envelope post marked February 14th 1866 and addressed to Miss Louisa Starr, 14 Russell Square, WC.


Object details

Category
Greeting Cards
Object type
Greetings card
Materials and techniques
paper, printer's ink, silk, paint, embossed, découpage, printed, hand written
Paper
Printer's Ink
Silk (Textile)
Embossed
Printed
Hand Written
Découpage
Brief description
Anonymous artist: Valentine and envelope, 'YOUR PURITY EQUALS YOUR LOVELINESS', addressed to Miss Louisa Starr, c.1866
Physical description
Lacy embossed paper folder, the front with silk inset hand-painted with lilac blossom and scroll inscribed ‘YOUR PURITY EQUALS YOUR LOVELINESS’, and
decorated with applied leaves of embossed silk, scraps of cupid’s heads. Inner leaf has an embossed and gilt cartouche printed ‘AFFECTION GIFT’. Envelope post marked February 14th 1866 and addressed to Miss Louisa Starr, 14 Russell Square, WC.
Dimensions
  • When folded height: 19.5cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971)
  • When folded width: 12.5cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971)
Marks and inscriptions
  • YOUR PURITY EQUALS YOUR LOVELINESS (Inscribed)
  • AFFECTION GIFT (Printed)
Credit line
Acquired from the collection of the late Estella Canziani in 1970.
Subjects depicted
Valentines
Canziani
Associations
Canziani
Louisa Canziani
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1970
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.1:10-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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