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'A handsome Valentine': May Morris's love letter to George Bernard Shaw by Maev Kennedy

Card whose receipt Bernard Shaw noted in his diary is identified in uncatalogued album and will go on displayOn 14 February 1886, George Bernard Shaw wrote in his diary: "Got a handsome Valentine." The hand-painted card he had received showed a procession of pre-Raphaelite maidens worshipping at his shrine, his noble profile floating on a banner among the trees over their heads. It had been sent anonymously, but he k…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AM on February 14, 2017

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