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Grotto and cupids valentine, cover, c.1840s

Grotto and cupids valentine, cover, c.1840s

Image Reference: 55525
Image Date: 1840s
Measurements: 25 x 20 cm
Medium: stationery
Collection: Ephemera
Library Reference: VAL1/024A
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: Printed scene of a woodland with Cupid lighting the way at the bottom of a staircase for a young couple who are about to climb up to Cupid's Raffle. Printed poem: 'I have a raffle here come try/Says Cupid to the passers by/Hearts of all sorts I have in store/For maid as well as bachelor/A chance you'll have if you'll put in/Your own true lovers heart to win/Come try, come try, make haste & choose/I've not a moment now to lose/This is St Valentines you know/So choose at once or off I'll go/Now I've resolved to try for one/In hopes your heart to light upon/Answer me when you've leisure got/Whether you wish me luck or not.' Handwritten poem to Miss Rees at the bottom: 'Lift the casement and you'll see/Love on wings will fly to thee/Do not let him get away/Save the flutterer while you may.' Inside a long poem in praise of a virtuous, discreet and loving wife (see image 55526). Folded at some point, possibly for postage.

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