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DateLate 1800s
Dimensions21.59 × 13.97 cm (8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
MarkingsLabel on back, "Old Valentine..1845..French note paper, handpainted flowers, lithographs. Gift of Mrs. Samuel Foss Holmes, of Bridgeport, Conn."
Credit LineGift of Miss Marion W. Emerson
Object numberPER0100B
DescriptionEmbossed paper valentine card, painted flowers, applied gilt dove, applied chromolithograph scroll and flowers, "Divine is love....". Inside, manuscript love poem, "It is no costly gift I bring,/ No jewel rich and rare;/ 'Tis friendship's sweet and fragrant flower--/ O, cherish it with care...." Card is mounted on red cardstock.