Life is Sweet (valentine)

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: George Kershaw / English, 19th century
Date: c. 1850
Medium: Pen and blue ink, with watercolor and collaged elements, on embossed off-white wove paper
Dimensions: Folded sheet: 23 × 19 cm (9 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: valentine
Place: England
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Emma B. Hodge
Accession no.: 1919.331

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George Kershaw
c. 1840 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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