A Sweeping Advertisement

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Artist/Maker	Dobbs Kidd (makers)
Place of origin	UK (made)

Valentine depicting a collage of paper flowers above lettering in blue reading 'A Sweeping Advertisement'. Above is a small brush made of paper, connected to the front of the card by a paper string. In the centre it reads 'A Partner Wanted, to look with pity on my hapless doom, to be compelled to thus hang out the broom'.

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Categories	Romance Greeting Cards
Object type	Valentine
Title	A Sweeping Advertisement (generic title)
Materials and techniques	set of cards are described as 'paper lace, fabric appliqué, etc' Paper
Brief description	Valentine manufactured by Dobbs Kidd & Co., 'A Sweeping Advertisement'. British, ca. 1845-1870
Physical description	Valentine depicting a collage of paper flowers above lettering in blue reading 'A Sweeping Advertisement'. Above is a small brush made of paper, connected to the front of the card by a paper string. In the centre it reads 'A Partner Wanted, to look with pity on my hapless doom, to be compelled to thus hang out the broom'.
Dimensions	No dimensions given in Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Credit line	Given by Miss Jane Samuels
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1577-1929

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O753285/a-sweeping-advertisement-valentine-dobbs-kidd/

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