Valentine
ca. 1880
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| Place of origin |
Comic valentine depicting a gentleman in a suit and top hat, carrying a cane and smoking a cigarette.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Comic valentine depicting a gentleman, colour lithograph, British, ca. 1880 |
| Physical description | Comic valentine depicting a gentleman in a suit and top hat, carrying a cane and smoking a cigarette. |
| Dimensions | Individual dimensions not given in Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930. |
| Marks and inscriptions | You're a swell of a class, or at least try to be,
And you strive to look big, but you don't I can see,
You had better by far try to act like a man,
Than look like a Monkey, as you so well can. (Printed verse underneath picture) |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Jane Samuels |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1618-1929 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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