Printed Ephemera — 1850-1865
Card, valentine card
Comic valentine's card printed with a handcoloured caricature portrait of a coachman dressed in his livery. Below is an eight line comic, cruel verse 'Beastly pursey, powdered flunkey, Partly man, but more the monkey, Here thy tinselled form we view, A peacock vain, a magpie too, Boated beast, we pass thee by, There are you, and here am I, Laughing loud and laughing free, At such a paltry knave as thee.'
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- A28549/89
- Object name:
- card, valentine card
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- Artist/Maker:
- J.T. Wood and Company, King, Jonathan
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- Production date:
- 1850-1865
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 241 mm, W 173 mm
- Part of:
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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