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Valentine, mechanical
Hand-painted valentine card with illustration of a woman with a parasol, mid 1800s. A gauze skirt lifts to reveal a crinoline and undergarments. Inscribed with verse 'Ears like a Donkey, Eyes like a cat, To be genteel, you are too fat! While there's another in the land, I'll never claim your mutton hand'.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
14.159.271
Acquisition
Purchase
Measurements
Length (mm): 137
Width (mm): 97
Techniques
painted
printing
Material
paper
Location
In store
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