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Valentine card
Publisher: J.T. Wood & Co
Comic valentine on the subject of a trade. Very small, 48mo size white wove paper with embossed border and hand-coloured lithograph of a postman with a square head and large, bulbous nose knocking on a door, holding a bundle of letters in his left hand. A wooden post in the street with a 'face' seen to the right. A printed verse below: "So your [sic] the Post. I thought as much / as senseless to [sic] it's my impression / your ugly features Sir are such / Like posts in general no express[?ion]". The inside pages are blank. "WOOD" embossed (faintly) at lower right. One of a series of small comic cards by J.T. Wood with embossed borders and hand-coloured lithographs on the subject of trades, sixteen of which are mounted as a group in album P.14412-R, along with three loose duplicates.
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-36
Primary reference Number: 214760
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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