valentine card

Victorian paper valentine card, mounted on a display card. The front of the card depicts a well dressed lady, holding a parasol and holding the leash of a small dog, possibly a pug. Beneath is a poem entitled 'BEAUTY IS BUT SKIN-DEEP'. It is mounted on card painted black, on which is written ' A VALENTINE OF ABOUT 1890'

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
24.18ii
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall (with mount): 230 mm x 142 mm x 1 mm; overall (without mount): 208 mm x 128 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
paper; pigment; printed
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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