McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
Valentine Card
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Square Valentine card comprising a layer of lace paper over a sheet of decorated paper featuring chromolithographs of three perched birds and several flowers. The top layer is decorated with small portraits of within the shape of each suit, diamond, heart, spade and club. Inside the card, there is a woodcut of a lute, birds and a terrace looking over a lake scene. The printed poem inside reads "A Glow of Love/ Most true and bright/ A fount of gladness infinite/ Is what I wish for thee."