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NOVELTY CARDS -- "THE NEW WINDSOR PEAR (Or Magnum Bonum)". (c. 1840). Handcold. lithograph of a pear which folds ca. 3 cm from the top, revealing a double-portr. of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert. 180 x 240 mm. (Some dust stains). -- "DAHLIA EMBLEM OF ELEGANCE and Dignity". (c. 1840). Handcold. lithograph of a flower, partly attached w. strip of paper, with a portr. of a royal lady below. 180 x 240 mm. (Margins dusty). -- (2).
Ad 1: Novelty card with a pun, probably printed to commemorate the marriage of Queen Victoria with her cousin, Albert of Saxen-Coburg Gotha. - NPG D17072. Ad 2: Portrait of Queen Victoria? Perhaps to commemorate her ascendance to the throne in 1837.€ 90
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