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| Image title: | Awaiting the postman on Saint Valentine’s Day |
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| Source: | Hone, William: “Hone’s Everyday Book” (1826) |
| Place shown: | none |
| Keywords: | people, romance, sketches, humour, greyscale |
| Status: | out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested Please do not redistribute without permission, since running this site is expensive. |
St. Valentine’s day, the 14th of February (US: February 14) Where can the postman be, I say? The woodcut (signed S.W. and T.W., probably artist and engraver respectively) shows a man wearing a top hat and riding a donkey, blowing a bugle or trumpet; he is arriving a a house with an open door and window, out of which several ladies anxiously peer. A boy dances outside the house; at left a young man gazes on in earnest hope from around the corner; two birds (pigeons?) fly past, gazing at one another. A scene of love and romance, of angst and worry, of hopes and fears! |
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| Dimensions: | 103 x 88mm (4.1 x 3.5 inches) |
| Filename: | 0215-awaiting-the-mail-q67-1086x943.jpg |
| Blog image: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/C/0215-awaiting-the-mail-q75-500x434.jpg |
| Blog link: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/C/pages/0215-awaiting-the-mail/ |
| Scanner dpi: | 2400 |
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Added by Cristin on Fri Feb 5 03:45:21 2010
Is not a horse, is a donkey!!!!!
Thanks for your beatyfull site :-)
Added by Liam on Fri Feb 5 22:43:00 2010
You are right, thank you! I have corrected the description.
Liam