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Greeting Card, Valentine Greeting
This is a Greeting card. It is dated ca. 1850 and we acquired it in 1961. Its medium is wood engraving, brush and watercolor on embossed paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Hamill & Barker.
It is credited Gift of Hamill and Barker.
Its dimensions are
17.5 × 11.2 cm (6 7/8 × 4 7/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed (printed in black ink): "Sweet floral Spirits in thy Flight / Thro balmy bowers of bliss above, / Let drop a wreath which may unite / In roseate bonds thy heart I love".
Cite this object as
Greeting Card, Valentine Greeting; wood engraving, brush and watercolor on embossed paper; 17.5 × 11.2 cm (6 7/8 × 4 7/16 in.); Gift of Hamill and Barker; 1961-105-38