Printed Ephemera — 1810-1838
Something I hope you'll never wear
Valentine's card with white lace paper border embossed with flower design. In the centre a plain panel with applied decoration of a pair of red cotton trousers with satin waistband and gilded metal foil studs. With handwritten message 'Something I hope you'll never wear', the message is completed under the trousers which flap down by the punchline: 'Breeches of promise'.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/196
- Object name:
- Something I hope you'll never wear
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Dobbs and Company
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- Production date:
- 1810-1838
- Material:
paper, ink, cotton, metal
- Measurements/duration:
- H 175 mm, W 118 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- —
- License this image:
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