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The collection illustrates with great clarity the various styles particular to each region.   The cards have been arranged in three albums, according to the subject matter with which they deal, highlighting the original collector's strong interest in scatological subjects.\n\n","physicalDescription":"A postcard depicting a woman half-kneeling on a chair; her corset is unbuttoned and reveals her nude body despite clasping her long yellow robe to her.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"La Riverend, Louis","id":"AUTH356947"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"card","id":"x30344"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"colour halftone","categories":[{"text":"Ephemera","id":"THES252985"},{"text":"Postcards","id":"THES259949"},{"text":"Erotica","id":"THES264360"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2014HG5857"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLF","id":"THES49656"},"free":"","case":"X","shelf":"507","box":"IV"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Postcard","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"France","id":"x28849"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1901","earliest":"1896-01-01","latest":"1905-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Dr E. 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