Valentine's Card

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How Doth the Little Spelling Bee, Amuse an Idle Hour". Vinegar Valentine's card, c1875. Shows a female figure in black with wings, insect legs, and holding a piece of paper inscribed 'Love'.
Bears following lines of verse:
'Love is a pretty word to spell,
And I think you do it well,
For 'tis a word of which you dream,
Both day and night, as it would seem.'
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Timeline / 1870s
Collections / Local & Social History
Seasonal / Vinegar Valentines
 
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Brighton & Hove Museums
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CC BY-SA
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Valentine's Card
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c1875
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local history, social history
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1.17 MB; 1519 x 2469 pixels; 129 x 209 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Portrait
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R4522/1/104/7
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