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GEORGE KERSHAW
An embossed and pierced paperlace valentine card by Kershaw, with silvered and hand-coloured details, the pink envelope centre-piece unfolding to reveal a chromolithgraphed verse in gilt 'Perseverance and Industry are omnipotent. Though adverse chances may combine/To tear thee from the goal/Yet persevere - a power divine/Lives in the earnest soul', mounted, 9 x 7¼in., c. 1850.
An embossed and pierced paperlace valentine card by Kershaw, with silvered and hand-coloured details, the pink envelope centre-piece unfolding to reveal a chromolithgraphed verse in gilt 'Perseverance and Industry are omnipotent. Though adverse chances may combine/To tear thee from the goal/Yet persevere - a power divine/Lives in the earnest soul', mounted, 9 x 7¼in., c. 1850.