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Lithograph with hand-colouring on embossed 4to-size white wove paper. A central flower design (fuschia, narcissi, dahlias) is cut into a 'cobweb' device of quatrefoil shape. A silk thread lifts to reveal a hand-drawn and coloured image of two doves upon an urn. A lithographed verse above and below the central image: "Think not, Oh! think - this trifle vain, / That brings remembrance back again - / When, with a feeling fraught and true, / I wove a fragrant wreath for you ...". G KERSHAW embossed at lower centre. Graphite inscription on the verso: "603 / 21/6; 183 -". The inside pages are blank. A clipping from a sale catalogue is affixed to the album leaf: "603 Another specimen, by Kershaw (stamped), / equally fine, similar decoration and verses, .
Title
Valentine card
Date
1840 - 1860
Accession number
P.14410-R-44
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928