Valentine

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Valentine

1906

Artist/maker unknown, British Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Co., Ltd., London

Perhaps the first greeting cards, paper valentines have been exchanged since the sixteenth century on Saint Valentine's Day, although the custom itself bears no direct relation to the saint. Comic valentines first appeared in Great Britain and the United States about the middle of the nineteenth century. Invariably sent anonymously, they were printed on cheap paper with insulting verses attacking members of all trades, professions, businesses--and everyone else.

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Object Details

Titles:

Valentine
With Hammer, Tongs and Dreadful Drill...

Date:

1906

Artists:

Artist/maker unknown, British Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Co., Ltd., London

Medium:

Color metal relief print

Dimensions:

Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (22.2 x 17.1 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The William H. Helfand Collection, 1990

Accession Number:

1990-104-7

Geography:

Made in England, Europe

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