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Valentine

Esther Howland

mid 19th century

Medium

Collage, colored papers, lace paper, chromolithographed die-cut scraps

Dimensions

3 15/16 in. (10 cm) width 6 1/8 in (15.6 cm) length

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Richard Riddell, 1981

Classification

Ephemera|Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Esther Howland

1828–1904 • United States

American, Worcester, Massachusetts 1828–1904 Quincy, Massachusetts

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