1870 · England
England: Unknown, 1870. One printed and hand colored and one original art Penny Dreadful valentines with the same theme -- the maid is smitten with the Bobbie and he is smitten with her fare - from mutton to beer.
The first, single-fold, with the maid having the upper hand atop the wall reads "I love you, I love you, and who shall dare? To say that for cold meat I ever did care, Ah! Juliet, dear Juliet, your Romeo's near, And would not object to a nice mug of beer".
The second, a well executed original watercolor piece depicting the subservient maid offering the Bobby hot mutton is captioned "What Robert, at your old games still? (truncated)
The first, single-fold, with the maid having the upper hand atop the wall reads "I love you, I love you, and who shall dare? To say that for cold meat I ever did care, Ah! Juliet, dear Juliet, your Romeo's near, And would not object to a nice mug of beer".
The second, a well executed original watercolor piece depicting the subservient maid offering the Bobby hot mutton is captioned "What Robert, at your old games still? (truncated)