Printed Ephemera — 1835-1845
Card, valentine card
Comic valentine's card printed as a woodcut on cheap paper with a caricature of a woman with various body parts labelled "false." The print is crudely coloured and below is printed a cruel verse 'If the devil step'd, old lady, from his regions just below, He couldn't find a picture like the one before me now: No doubt you know the gentleman, a sable one is he, And he's said to be Papa of all the lies that yet might be. Your eyes are false, your nose is false, and falser still your tongue, Your breast is false, your heart is false, as ever poet sung; And if disgust did not prevail upon my present will, I could speak of something villainous, and yet more filthy still.'
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/1536
- Object name:
- card, valentine card
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- King, Jonathan
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- Production date:
- 1835-1845
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 210 mm, W 138 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
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