Must I confess? Aye, if I can, ... (LOC)

Obpacher Brothers,, printer,, copyright claimant.

 

Must I confess? Aye, if I can, ...

 

New York : By Obpacher Bros., New York, [1884]

 

1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 17.9 x 13.5 cm.

 

Notes:

Print shows a young girl, full-length portrait, facing front, holding up a fan to shield her face from Cupid kneeling on a wall on the right, with a flowering tree in the background.

Title from item.

Caption continues: Hiding my blushes in this fan; / My heart is lost, perhaps mislaid / And I a most unhappy maid. / Dear cupid, be this penance mine, / To send the thief a Valentine. With my Love. DLC

Printed on lower left: No. 1113. DLC

Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. DLC

Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on verso. DLC

Stamped on verso: Library of Congress City of Washington. Copyright Nov 4 1884. DLC

Inscribed in pencil on verso: 18185P. DLC

Card is broken across the top with some loss to the title. DLC

Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

 

Subjects:

Women--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.

Fans (Accessories)--1880-1890.

Cupids--1880-1890.

 

Format: Valentines--1880-1890.

Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2003656552

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.14122

 

Call Number: PGA - Obpacher Bros.--Must I confess ...

 

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