Printed Ephemera — 1860-1869
Card, valentine card
Comic valentine's card printed as a woodcut on cheap paper with a caricature of a man in a gold hat, carrying a stick. The print is crudely coloured and below is printed a verse, 'The song that's now heard everywhere About, is Paddy sure don't care, But tell me Paddy do you think It's right to care for naught but drink? To waste your money, health and time, No doubt to you is very prime; No girl of sense would e'er incline To have an Irish Valentine, For, if for me you were to try I'd say no Irish need apply.' 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:
- 34.170/1567
- 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 228 mm, W 176 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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