Boxed Valentine's Day Card
Rectangular box, adressed on the inside: " To Bessie / from Grandmama Harding / February 14th 1876". On the lid of the box a poem entitled "Let us love one another" is stuck together with a scrap containing the word " unity". The card is made up out of a raised lacelike structure decorated with colored flowers, a butterfly and scraps containing the frases "happiness" and "Think of me".
Artwork Details
- Title: Boxed Valentine's Day Card
- Artist: Anonymous, British or American, 19th century
- Date: 1876
- Dimensions: Overall: 5 11/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.5 x 10 cm)
- Classification: Miscellaneous
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Richard Riddell, 1981
- Object Number: 1981.1136.189
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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