Holiday Card

DateLate 1800s

Terms

Greeting Cards
Paper
United States

Dimensions24.76 × 20.32 cm (9 3/4 × 8 in.)

MarkingsEnvelope addressed to Mr. Charles Gerrish/ Concord, Mass. Inside paper valentine is a series of manuscript versus.

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Allen French

Object numberPER1171.0003G

Description2 page valentine on grey paper, with matching envelope. Front cover, applied lithographic image of a woman in a pink dress, holding a letter. The image is accompanied by the text: "Let me wander when I will/ Thy sweet voice is near me still...." The image and text are both surrounded by gilt floral and geometric borders. The interior of the card features a two stanza poem, handwritten in pen. The valentine is accompanied by a matching envelope, with gilt border, addressed "Mr. Charles Gerrish / Concord, Mass."

Per1171.3: collection of Valentines.