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The Crinoline Valentine card
Publisher: J.T. Wood & Co
Comic valentine of the changeable 'before and after' type with second illustration inside. 18mo-size white wove paper with embossed border and hand-coloured lithograph of a woman wearing a crinoline with a flounced yellow skirt. Another hand-coloured lithograph on the right-hand inside page to show the same woman with the second layer of her skirt removed to show the crinoline cage and her petticoats beneath. A printed verse below: "THE CRINOLINE / With a matchless face and form / A dress where underneath is worn / The Crinoline - a curious thing / A cage wherein a Bird might sing.". "J.T. Wood 278, Strand" printed at lower left and right. Additionally embossed "WOOD" at lower left. From a series of 'changeable' valentines by J.T. Wood, six of which are mounted onto adjacent leaves of the same album. See P.14412-R-15, P.14412-R-16, P.14412-R-18, P.14412-R-20 and P.14412-R-37. It seems quite likely that the series of valentines on the subject of crinolines which are mounted together in album P.14412-R were purchased by Glaisher from the Actons of Brighton in 1924. In a letter to Miss Catherine Parsons dated 19th November 1924, Glaisher states: 'I am enclosing some valentines sent me on appro [approval] from Miss Acton of Brighton: they are 3/- each or £2.10 for the lot. They all relate to the crinoline period 1860 ... There are some duplicates tht [that] you could relieve me of if I take the set which may be the best to do.'. Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 905-1985, Letter to Miss Catherine Parsons, November 19th 1924.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Probably
1850
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1860
Accession number: P.14412-R-17
Primary reference Number: 214741
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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