Yale Center for British Art

Title:: The language of the flowers is but useless here to tell ...
Published / Created:: Great Britain : John Windsor & Sons, mid-19th century.
Physical Description:: 1 card ; 18 x 12 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC1866.V3 C6+ no. 23 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Copyright Undetermined
Related Content:: View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:14882601
Classification:: Prints
Notes:: Blind-embossed at lower-left: Windsor (i.e. John Windsor & Sons)
Valentine card. Depicts a couple reading. Contains a stanza of verse. On intricately cut and embossed white paper, against a gray paper backing.
Subject Terms:: Valentines -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Men's clothing.
Form/Genre:: Ephemera. | Valentines. | Cut-paper works. | Embossed papers. | Dresses. | Botanical illustrations | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850.
Contributors:: John Windsor & Sons.