Choose a flower, you'll quickly see, what your future spouse shall be
Published / Created:
Great Britain, ca. 1840?
Physical Description:
12 cards : illustrations ; each 38 x 75 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Manuscript marriage fortune telling game, by an unidentified maker, ca. 1840. The title card depicts a blindfolded woman holding a garland, with text: "Choose a flower, you'll quickly see, What your future spouse shall be." Each of the 11 remaining cards depicts a small, finely detailed flower, drawn in watercolor. The verso of each card provides a corresponding fortune, written in black ink. The verso of the harebell, for example, forecasts a spouse who is "Pleasant, lively and unassuming, fond of music and dancing, genteel and elegant in figure." For a rose: "Generous, affection & very amiable, fond of travelling & variety, noted for personal beauty."
Subject Terms:
Flowers -- Pictorial works. | Marriage -- Great Britain. | Fortune-telling -- Great Britain. | Amusements -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs. | Women in natural history.