IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 214369 accession number: P.14345-R-84 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 updated: Wednesday 3 February 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Comic Valentine. Tinted lithograph, printed in black and red ink on a long sheet of folded thin, wove paper in a format known as a 'long comic'. A grotesque image of a woman with a snake's head appearing from her mouth and a snake's body instead of legs and feet below. A printed verse below: "Old gal, I'm pretty wide awake, and I'm not going to wed a snake, / To marry thee I'd be an ass, you ugly reptile on the grass." The style and subject of this Valentine is comparable with examples held by Grosvenor Prints, 19 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JN [http://www.grosvenorprints.com/stock.php?keyword=Valentines&WADbSearch1=Submit&cat_id=21&cat_select=488] which are dated c.1870. The theme of the Valentine as a 'snake in the grass' is seen in another example: P.14345-R-52, which shows a male figure in the role. The subject seems to have been quite common. title: Valentine card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214369 TECHNIQUES ---------- lithography CATEGORIES ------ category: print category: album DATING ------ creation date: 1870 - 1880 creation date earliest: 1870 creation date latest: 1880 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: The Object of My Affection: Stories of Love from the Fitzwilliam Collection IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14345_R_84_1_201701_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 491 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14345_R_84_1_201701_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 491 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14345_R_84_1_201701_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 491 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14345_R_84_1_201701_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 521 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/679/large_P_14345_R_84_1_201701_amt49_dc1.jpg height: 2450 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/679/mid_P_14345_R_84_1_201701_amt49_dc1.jpg height: 1196 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/679/P_14345_R_84_1_201701_amt49_dc1.jpg height: 3500 pixels width: 1463 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/679/preview_P_14345_R_84_1_201701_amt49_dc1.jpg height: 598 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/689/583/large_P_14345_R_84_1_201701_amt49_mas.jpg height: 2450 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/689/583/mid_P_14345_R_84_1_201701_amt49_mas.jpg height: 1196 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/689/583/P_14345_R_84_1_201701_amt49_mas.jpg height: 5883 pixels width: 2459 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/689/583/preview_P_14345_R_84_1_201701_amt49_mas.jpg height: 598 pixels width: 250 pixels