Valentine depicts a mother, dressed in a pink and green kimono, holding out her hands in exasperation to her two children, also dressed in kimonos, who are looking at a broken paper lantern. The children are sitting in front of a window displaying two hanging paper lanterns. Card opens to read text entitled, "To Greet You With Love." Text reads: Of all sweet lasses, great and small,/There is but one for whom I pine;/Tis you, the sweetest of them all,/I've chosen for my Valentine. The title and the first word in each line of the text are printed with a red initial capital letter. The name "H.M. Burnside" is printed below the text.
Subjects
Children; Greeting cards; Kimonos; Paper lanterns; Valentines; Verses (Poetry)
Printer
Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. (London)
Dimensions
7.25 x 9 cm
Date
1910-1920
Manuscript Collection
MSS 440, Greeting Card Collection
Repository
The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Publication Rights
Requests for permission to publish material from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian at the Phillips Library.
