Lot Essay
Cf. 'The Valentine & its Origins', Frank Staff, p. 32, illustration number 26.
The collection of the late Lillian Newton Stone
EARLY HAND-MADE REBUS CARD
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EARLY HAND-MADE REBUS CARD
A water-colour pen and ink rebus card, the outside depicting a heart, the manuscript verse around the border reads 'Dear love this heart which you behold/Will break when you these leaves unfold/Even so, my heart with love sick pain/is wounded is if it breaks in vain', each fold opening to reveal another verse and finally a centre with 7 hearts, folded 4 x 4in., c. 1820-30.
A water-colour pen and ink rebus card, the outside depicting a heart, the manuscript verse around the border reads 'Dear love this heart which you behold/Will break when you these leaves unfold/Even so, my heart with love sick pain/is wounded is if it breaks in vain', each fold opening to reveal another verse and finally a centre with 7 hearts, folded 4 x 4in., c. 1820-30.