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DOBBS & CO.
A valentine card by Dobbs, with an embossed border, each corner decorated with verses in french, the hand-coloured embossed centre depicting a rose encircled by a manuscript verse 'Can my poor humble verse impart/The warm affection of my heart/Or can a pledge so small reveal/A passion which I can't conceal/No, love by trifles thus exprest/Shows but the shade of love at best', rebacked, 9¾ x 7¾in., mounted, c. 1820.
A valentine card by Dobbs, with an embossed border, each corner decorated with verses in french, the hand-coloured embossed centre depicting a rose encircled by a manuscript verse 'Can my poor humble verse impart/The warm affection of my heart/Or can a pledge so small reveal/A passion which I can't conceal/No, love by trifles thus exprest/Shows but the shade of love at best', rebacked, 9¾ x 7¾in., mounted, c. 1820.