My Rest, My Peace of Mind Has Fled (Valentine)
c. 1840
Medium
Lithograph with hand-coloring on embossed ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Folded sheet: 23.1 × 19.1 cm (9 1/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
Classification
valentine
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
75629
Art Historical Context
Step into the sentimental world of Victorian romance with *My Rest, My Peace Mind Has Fled (entine)*, a charming lithograph with hand-coloring created by George Kers around 1840. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago Prints and Drawings Department, this folded sheet measures 23.1 × 19.1 cm and is printed on luxurious embossed ivory wove, giving it a tactile, three elegance that elevates it a simple greeting. In the early 19th century,-produced valentines like this one exploded in popularity, blending industrial printing with artisanal hand-coloring to make heartfelt declarations affordable y...
About the Artist
George Kershaw
George Kershaw is an artist whose works have been preserved in museum collections in meaningful quantity, pointing to a genuine career and a recognized body of output, even though the biographical details that would identify his nationality, training, and active period have not been established in the sources currently available. The absence of nationality information alongside the absence of date...