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Cobweb valentine with butterfly, c.1840s

Cobweb valentine with butterfly, c.1840s

Image Reference: 55508
Image Date: 1840s
Measurements: 25 x 20.5 cm
Medium: print
Collection: Ephemera
Library Reference: VAL1/007
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: Embossed design border with scalloped edges. Central panel with embossed corners enclosing a central picture of a butterfly resting on flowers which lifts up to reveal the picture of a winged cherub holding flowers by a church, with a message: 'My Heart I send to thee' Verse above and below the main feature: '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./For 'tis the joyous time of Spring,/And blame me not, if thus I bring/My heart's own thoughts - where flowers entwine/Sweet Type of thee - My Valentine.'

Themes:
Valentines
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