The Art of Love: Nineteenth Century Valentines from the Thayer Collection
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
The Art of Love: Nineteenth Century Valentines from the Thayer Collection
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
To honor the February 14th birthday of Sallie Casey Thayer, the original donor of the University Art Museum, American and British valentines from her 1917 gift were exhibited. Organized by Kate Battles, art history graduate student.
Exhibition images
Works of art
circa 1805–1810, Edo period (1600–1868)
Joseph Addenbrooke (1800s)
circa 1830
circa 1840
circa 1840
circa 1840
circa 1850
circa 1850
circa 1850
Joseph Mansell (1803–1874)
circa 1850
George Meek
circa 1850
circa 1850
circa 1860
circa 1860
George C. Whitney (1842–1915)
circa 1870
circa 1870
circa 1890
circa 1890
George Whitney & Co. (active 1866–1942)
circa 1870
circa 1890
circa 1890
circa 1890
date unknown