Untitled Valentine (Vase of Flowers with Bird)
George Kershaw
c. 1840
Medium
Watercolor and collaged elements on cut and embossed ivory wove paper (lace)
Dimensions
Folded sheet: 13.8 × 9.5 cm (5 7/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
Classification
valentine
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
75819
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...