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The Way to Treat a Wife Valentine card
Publisher: King, Jonathan
Loose inside album P.14412 within the same album leaf as mounted card, P.14412-R-106. A small 48mo-size sheet of pink card with lithographed border decoration of flowers and leaves containing instructions in 8-line verse with title printed in upper-case letters above: 'THE WAY TO TREAT A WIFE / Be kind & attentive you'll find her all love / Be determined but kind you'll find her a dove ... To steer a man's barque through the shoals of this life / No pilot so skilful as a true loving Wife.'. Printed at lower centre: J.King. 304, Essex Road, N. London.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1871
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Circa
1900
Accession number: P.14412-R-L9
Primary reference Number: 214848
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Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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