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Voulez-vous la Sante?

Postcard
ca. 1903 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The Milford Haven Collection consists of 442 specimans of French, Italian and German erotic postcards of considerable interest including a number of rare movable cards, all dating from the early years of the twentieth century. The collection illustrates with great clarity the various styles particular to each region. The cards have been arranged in three albums, according to the subject matter with which they deal, highlighting the original collector's strong interest in scatological subjects.



Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleVoulez-vous la Sante? (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Brief description
Postcard, Milford Haven Collection, 'Voulez-vous la Santé?', Phallic suggestion through a mushroom accompanied by lines on why fungi are to be distrusted, lithograph, probably French, ca.1903
Physical description
A postcard depicting a mushroom with an inscription in French reading thus: 'Does safety concern you? distrust fungi! The most dangerous is that known under the name of the Black Wood Fungus. Even though it may be most agreeable to the taste it produces a swelling of the belly and it causes, after a short time, terrible pains in the whole region of the lower belly.'
Dimensions
  • Album height: 7cm
  • Album width: 11cm
  • Album depth: 5cm (Note: Dimensions for album closed)
  • Card height: 9cm (Note: approximate)
  • Card width: 14cm (Note: approximate)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'C' / CARTES POSTALES / The Milford Haven / Collection of Post cards. / Sections 13, 14, 15 / Numbers 524 - 573 / " 582 - 601 / " 620 - 631' (Labels and text printed on album spine)
  • 'CLASSEAUR / ALBUM / CARTES POSTALES / Sections / 13 14 15 / The Milford Haven / Collection of Post cards. / / Numbers 524 - 573 / " 582 - 601 / " 620 - 631' (printed on album cover)
Credit line
Given by Dr E. J. Dingwall
Object history
This collection of 'Cartes postales fantaisistes' was at one time part of the collection of a member of the Milford Haven family. The collection consists of 442 postcards mounted in three bound albums and accompanied by a typed catalogue dated 1960. It was acquired in 1960 by E.J. Dingwell.
Subjects depicted
Summary
The Milford Haven Collection consists of 442 specimans of French, Italian and German erotic postcards of considerable interest including a number of rare movable cards, all dating from the early years of the twentieth century. The collection illustrates with great clarity the various styles particular to each region. The cards have been arranged in three albums, according to the subject matter with which they deal, highlighting the original collector's strong interest in scatological subjects.

Associated object
E.525:555-2001 (Version)
Collection
Accession number
E.525:556-2001

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Record createdJune 21, 2001
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