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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
Comic valentine (dandy of the lower-classes). A hand-coloured woodcut on very thin wove paper, which is folded in half to create an inside page (blank). A figure with an over-sized head drinks from a ladle at a public drinking fountain. A printed verse below: "So my poor fellow, is it thus you dine - A penny BUSTER and a glass of water - / That you on a Sunday in a four-and-nine / May strut - to every one a theme for laughter.". A 'penny buster' was a small loaf or bun costing one penny and a 'four-and-nine' was a cheap type of hat. From a series of comic figures.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14345-R-30
Primary reference Number: 214315
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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