Lot 176
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TRANSFORMATION CARD

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TRANSFORMATION CARD
A hand-coloured lithograph depicting a galleon, the side opening to reveal Cupid aiding a sailor whilst he writes home to his loved one, the printed verse below reads 'Oh! true 'tis indeed I would taste of the lip/That flies from the Cottage, & ventures the Ship/For she who inclines to a Sailor's own-heart/In the gale of adversity - never will part', with a contemporary embossed envelope, 9 x 7½in., c. 1840-50; together with an engraving of the 'Endless Knot of Love'. (2)

Lot Essay

Cf.'The Valentine and its Origins', Frank Staff p. 56, illustration number 58.

Cf. 'A History of Valentines', Ruth Webb Lee, p. 125, Plate 100.

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