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Valentine card: P.14389-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Valentine card

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Publisher: Unknown

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Description

Comic valentine. A hand-coloured woodcut on very thin wove paper. The hand-colouring is crudely executed. A male figure with bandy legs and an over-sized head with pimples on chin and nose. A printed verse below: "Pretty beast, where 'ere you go, / Every one will point we know, / Bear leg'd beauty, senseless quiz - ...". The inside pages are blank. From a series of comic figures. This card was included in the exhibition of valentine cards, _For ever thine: the nineteenth century valentine_, held in the Charrington Print Room at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1995, no. 71.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1840

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14389-R
Primary reference Number: 214554
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Monday 29 May 2017 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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