Get a load of these strange Valentine cards from 19th century England.Apparently it was a thing to s
Get a load of these strange Valentine cards from 19th century England.Apparently it was a thing to send comic Valentine cards with rhyming insults:Old gal, I’m pretty wide awake, and I’m not going to wed a snake,To marry thee I’d be an ass, you ugly reptile on the grass.These rude cards may have been used to capture the imaginations of bored children assigned copying exercises for art instruction, according to the Fitzwilliam Museum.Others were intended only for mature audiences, I’d say.Dear Madam, in this picture fairYour likeness you have gotSweet lips, bright eyes, and here and thereA little beauty-spot.I do not say you are the QueenOf Beauty bright and fair;But then, you know, I have not seenThe charms you have - somewhere! -- source link
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