Handfinished valentine's card in the form of a sheet of buff card with a serrated edge printed with a comic verse entitled 'A Valentine'. The theme of the verse is to liken a woman to a cat and is cruel and sarcastic, the last line being 'marriage with you would be a Cat-astrophe'. Beside is applied an embossed card 'scrap' showing a cat dressed as a woman.
Category:
Printed Ephemera
Object ID:
34.170/1447
Object name:
card, valentine card
Object type:
card, valentine card
Artist/Maker:
King, Jonathan
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Related places:
304 Essex Road, Islington, London [Islington], Islington
