Postcard, Germany or Belgium, 1903
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1903
The card depicts the hips and buttocks of a plump woman in red drawers. The drawers have a slit in them and a little note was inserted into this. The card has the following message on it: 'For a long time I have kept a curious letter in my heart, do not hesitate to take it out my dear for it will make you happy'. When the note is taken out and read, it says: ' On the hills and in the plains, on the wings of love in whatever place you may go you will always be welcome.'
It was acquired in 1960 by E.J. Dingwell.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- Height: 25.8 cm; Width: 21 cm; Depth: 7 cm; Height: 9 cm; Width: 14 cm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Germany, Belgium
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- 'PostCards / THE MILFORD HAVEN COLLECTION OF POST CARDS / SECTION I - SECTION VI. SECTION IX. / SECTIONS 1 - 6.9 / Numbers 1-35/ " 72 - 120 / " 148 - 153 / " 163 - 184 / " 205 - 227 / " 250 - 313 / " 350 - 412'
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O59794
- Museum object name
- Postcard
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- E.523:382-2001
- Museum system number
- O59794
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.