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A Sweeping Advertisement

Valentine
ca. 1840- ca. 1870 (made)
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'.


Object details

Categories
Romance
Greeting Cards
Object type
Valentine
TitleA 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'.
DimensionsNo 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 createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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