Valentine Makers - Valentine Receivers Victorian illustrations - wood engraving - from The Graphic, February 13, 1875. Showing a working class family, mother and daughter, assembling valentines in their home. In contrast the well to do family are opening the valentines they have received in their opulent drawing room. romance, romantic, love, courtship, letters, love token, valentine manufacture, child labour, employment,
Victorian comic valentine crudely hand-coloured lampooning the fishmonger accompanied by a verse of printed doggerel. Some of the earliest comic valentines were devoted to caricatures of people or were directed at various trades, usually humorous portraits accompanied by extremely uncomplimentary verses that were calculated to wound. Verse: You cry your Fish so loud and shrill Turbot, Mackerel, Plaice and Brill And on the women passing by You leer and cast a fishy eye, Now who on earth would ever wish To have a man who smells of fish. These comic valentines were masterpieces of the grotesque, venomous in humour, spiteful and rude, expressing anything but love. ridicule, illustration, ephemera, vinegar valentine, humour, cartoon, caricature, parody, satire, burlesque, squib, ridicule, mock, make fun of, Saint Valentines Day, penny dreadful, February 14th, trades, professions,
American, comic, valentine, ephemera, vinegar valentine, humour, cartoon, caricature, parody, satire, lampoon, burlesque, squib, ridicule, mock, make fun of, grotesque, Saint Valentines Day, ridicule, Victorian, pig, piglet, hog, anthropomorphic
Description
American comic valentine circa 1880 depicting an adult female pig accompanied by four lines of insulting verse. These valentines were masterpieces of the grotesque, venomous in humour, spiteful and rude, expressing anything but love.
Victorian comic Valentine depicting black lady dressed in her finery. A mechanical card - when the tab is moved up and down the head moves from side to side.; ; Oh! Name the day, the happy day, ; When you will buy de ring.; ; ephemera, racial, native, race-related, offensive, humorous, derogatory, colonial European outlook on non-white peoples, vinegar valentine, humour, cartoon, caricature, parody, satire, burlesque, squib, ridicule, mock, make fun of, grotesque, Saint Valentines Day, a bar of music, musical notes, musical signs,
Does this fold-out Victorian comic valentine, with a copy of the Matrimonial News on the carpet and a pot of jam sitting on the table, suggest this charming candidate for the marriage Market has snared that elusive bachelor ? Verse: Will you walk into my parlour said the spider to the fly It's the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy These comic valentines were masterpieces of the grotesque, venomous in humour, spiteful and rude, expressing anything but love. caricature, cartoon, ridicule, illustration, ephemera, vinegar valentine, humour, parody, satire, burlesque, squib, mock, make fun of, Saint Valentines Day, penny dreadful, web, February 14th, marriage, long valentine,
Victorian comic valentine hand-coloured lampooning a shy young man accompanied by a verse of printed doggerel. Verse: Simple young man succeed where you can, You're not quite the angel for me, Go to your Ma, and tell your Papa That in wedlock we never can be These comic valentines were masterpieces of the grotesque, venomous in humour, spiteful and rude, expressing anything but love. caricature, cartoon, ridicule, illustration, ephemera, vinegar valentine, humour, parody, satire, burlesque, squib, mock, make fun of, Saint Valentines Day, penny dreadful, February 14th,
Comic valentine, circa 1870s, Victorian, valentines, grotesque, venomous, humour, spiteful, rude, expressing anything but love, drink, ephemera, vinegar valentine, humour, cartoon, caricature, parody, satire, lampoon, burlesque, squib, ridicule, mock, make fun of, grotesque, Saint Valentines Day, drunk, temperance movement, alcohol, grotesque, ridicule, influence of drink,
Description
Comic valentine, this one lampoons a man who has had too much to drink. This type was know as "Long Comics" -The latest fashion is long valentines, and it will be a long time before any better ones are found.
Victorian; parlour maid; house maid; domestic; servant; post; mail; love; romance; letter; Valentine; St Valentines Day; 14 February; newspaper; illustration; hold to the light;
A model holds greetings card with inscription saying: 'Straight from the heart', she also holds bunch of red roses, an amusing, kitsch, nineteen fifties photograph from M&N Publishing, larger 40MB file available on request
Hand coloured lithograph; a Victorian comic valentine published by S Marks & Sons, London, satire, surreal, human head, love. caricature, cartoon, illustration, vinegar valentine, humour, parody, satire, burlesque, squib, ridicule, mock, make fun of, grotesque, Saint Valentines Day, February, venomous, hatred, racist, dislike, hostility, evil, detestation, loathing, abhorrence, repugnance, misogyny, misogynist, misanthrope,
Description
Verse reads: Eyes of a ferret teeth of a rat, Cheeks like a pair of blown out bladders, Nose like an ass claws like a cat,Tongue unto like the unvenomed adders, Breath of a sow, lips of a Black, Feet like cow, waist like a sack, Indeed I would sooner hugh spider web/ Than such a fowl creature as you share my bed.
Victorian comic valentine entitled LOVE ME LITTLE, LOVE ME LONG drawn by Mrs Charles Doyle, mother of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and printed in Edinburgh. circa 1875. One from a set of six. caricature, cartoon, illustration, ephemera, vinegar valentine, humour, parody, satire, burlesque, squib, ridicule, mock, make fun of, grotesque, Saint Valentines Day, penny dreadful, wearing the trousers, February 14th, old maid, spinster, proposal, matrimony,
Victorian comic valentine crudely hand-coloured lampooning an old girl accompanied by a verse of printed doggerel, published by A. Park, London. Verse: You would like to wear them dearly, And in faith, you mean to try, But, old girl, I tell you truly, Your attempt is ALL MY EYE. It will not fit, my downy one, So fairly I would tell, You had best but take the duty, Of leading APES IN HELL. These comic valentines were masterpieces of the grotesque, venomous in humour, spiteful and rude, expressing anything but love. caricature, cartoon, illustration, ephemera, vinegar valentine, humour, parody, satire, burlesque, squib, ridicule, mock, make fun of, grotesque, Saint Valentines Day, penny dreadful, wearing the trousers, February 14th, old maid, spinster,
Victorian; Comic; Valentine; Death Upon A Mopstick; St Valentines Day; 14 February; lampoon; caricature; humour; satire; cartoon; burlesque; squib; ridicule; mock; make fun of; rude; venomous; ignorant; insult; ugly; beast; Saint Bridget; fallen women; A. Park, London;
A Victorian valentine/greeting card with a central chromolithograpic print of a pet dog. Saint Valentines Day, romance, romantic, Love's messenger, lap dog, companion,
An embossed Victorian valentine card - beneath the central scrap the hidden message is revealed as "Love's Remembrancer".; ; ephemera, Saint Valentines Day, romance, romantic, cupid, Love's messenger
Victorian illustration - wood engraving - from The Illustrated London News, February 17, 1877 depicting a pretty child, who seems to be taking counsel with her doll, has only to decide between the rival charms of two or three paper Valentines. romance, romantic, love, courtship, letters, love token, St Valentines Day,
Victorian; comic; fashion satire; surreal; human head; love; caricature; cartoon; illustration; vinegar valentine; humour; parody; burlesque; squib; ridicule; mock; make fun of; Saint Valentines Day; 14 February; head wear; hats; bonnet; chapeau; head cover; bee; hive; drone; industry; marriage;
Description
Hand coloured lithograph - a Victorian comic valentine poking fun at ladies head wear fashions as well as delivering a healthy dose of character assassination.
Victorian; comic; fashion satire; surreal; human head; love; caricature; cartoon; illustration; vinegar valentine; humour; parody; burlesque; squib; ridicule; mock; make fun of; Saint Valentines Day; 14 February; head wear; hats; bonnet; chapeau; head cover; viper; snake in the grass;
Description
Hand coloured lithograph - a Victorian comic valentine poking fun at ladies head wear fashions as well as delivering a healthy dose of character assassination.
Victorian comic valentine ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities of a fashionable gentleman in Ulsters and top hat smoking a cigar. ephemera, cartoon, ridicule, illustration, vinegar valentine, humour, parody, satire, burlesque, squib, mock, make fun of, Saint Valentines Day, penny dreadful, February 14th, fashion, double-breasted overcoat,
