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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A comic Valentine, lampooning the excesses of ladies' fashion and the so-called 'Grecian Bend' of the late 1860s. Tinted lithograph printed in red and black on white wove paper. An image of a young woman wearing a dress with a bustle and with a high and extensive mass of curls at the back of her head. She wears a scarf around her neck and carries a parasol in her left hand. A printed verse below: "In a "Cloud" so warm and cosy / You've wrapped up your pretty chin; / Hoping that the men, enchanted, / To Propose will soon begin." Evidence of folding above the lower edge.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Probably
1860
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1870
Accession number: P.14345-R-75
Primary reference Number: 214360
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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