Printed Ephemera — 1860-1869
Card, valentine card
Comic valentine's card printed as a woodcut on cheap paper with a caricature of a cigar maker. The print is crudely coloured and below is printed a verse 'Your filthy tricks there's no enduring, Dabbler in dried up greens and urine, It must your patience quite provoke To see your labours end in smoke, Tho' from the nature of your dealing, A person really can't help feeling Your works will all in FIRE end, THAT FIRE that the Devil tends.' One of a collection of sample comic valentines bound in a single volume, stored within a wooden case. On the spine of the case is a label 'Comic'. One of a series of valentine's cards relating to various trades.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/1499
- Object name:
- card, valentine card
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- Artist/Maker:
- King, Jonathan
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- Production date:
- 1860-1869
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 239 mm, W 165 mm
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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
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