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Affections Offering (Valentine)

A work made of collaged elements and gold paint on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, tipped on four corners onto two sheets of cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, one with blue paint the other with gold paint, laid down on cut and embossed (designed) ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of collaged elements and gold paint on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, tipped on four corners onto two sheets of cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, one with blue paint the other with gold paint, laid down on cut and embossed (designed) ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1850

Artist:

John Windsor
English, 19th century

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

John Windsor

Title

Affections Offering (Valentine)

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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1845–1855

Medium

Collaged elements and gold paint on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, tipped on four corners onto two sheets of cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, one with blue paint the other with gold paint, laid down on cut and embossed (designed) ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Folded sheet: 20.4 × 13.5 cm (8 1/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Emma B. Hodge

Reference Number

1919.319

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