Vinegar Valentine's card, c1875.

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Digital Media Bank ID: 19113
Original Filename: dmas_hatmp000904_d08_ab10.jpg
Description: Vinegar Valentine's card, c1875. Shows a drunken man holding on to a lamp post. Bears message:

'The kiss of the bottle is your heart's delight,
And fuddled you reel home to bed every night,
What care you for damsels, no matter how fair!
Apart from your liquor, you've no love to spare.'
Categories: Timeline/ Victorian (1837 - 1901), Timeline/ 1870s, Collections/ Local & Social History, Learning Themes/ Victorians, Seasonal/ Vinegar Valentines  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & HoveRoyal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence: Public Domain / CC0
Caption: Vinegar Valentine's card, c1875.
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Type (of Object or Artwork): Valentine's Card
Title (of Artwork / Object): Valentine's Card
Date Created (of Object / Artwork): Late 19th century
Description (Object or Artwork): Vinegar Valentine's card, c1875. Shows a drunken man holding on to a lamp post. Bears message: 'The kiss of the bottle is your heart's delight, And fuddled you reel home to bed every night, What care you for damsels, no matter how fair! Apart from your liquor, you've no love to spare.'
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Other Keywords: local history, social history
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Size: 1.23 MB; 1456 x 2432 pixels; 123 x 206 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Portrait
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Linked Accession no.: HATMP000904