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[Vinegar Valentine.]Thou simple Youth a caution take, [/] Ere you your love declare, [/] A fruitless match I know you'd make, [/] And a most unhappy pair.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured wood engraving with embossed border. Sheet: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼").
A Victorian valentine card showing a young woman and young man standing next to each other, below them are words of caution. Vinegar Valentines are rather unflattering and often insulting; some addressed to trades and professions, perhaps given to customers to their suppliers, rather than true valentines.
[Ref: 43807] £45.00
Hand-coloured wood engraving with embossed border. Sheet: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼").
A Victorian valentine card showing a young woman and young man standing next to each other, below them are words of caution. Vinegar Valentines are rather unflattering and often insulting; some addressed to trades and professions, perhaps given to customers to their suppliers, rather than true valentines.
[Ref: 43807] £45.00