{"product_id":"elizabeth-cobbold-monitory-lizard","title":"Elizabeth Cobbold — The Monitory Lizard","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n.mtr-ficha .lede{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-size:20px;line-height:1.4;color:#1e1b17;margin:0 0 4px}\n.mtr-ficha .filete{width:34px;height:2px;background:#6f5d4a;margin:18px 0;border:0}\n.mtr-ficha h4{font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:11px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6f5d4a;margin:18px 0 8px}\n.mtr-ficha p{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.66;color:#4c443b;margin:0 0 12px}\n.mtr-ficha em{font-style:italic}\n.mtr-ficha details{margin:2px 0}\n.mtr-ficha summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6f5d4a;padding:6px 0}\n.mtr-ficha summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}\n.mtr-ficha details[open] summary{display:none}\n.mtr-ficha .prov{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-size:12px;color:#8a8075;line-height:1.5;margin:14px 0 0}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mtr-ficha\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"lede\"\u003eA poet's papercut. The lizard walks on her own verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003chr class=\"filete\"\u003e\n  \u003ch4\u003eAbout the print\u003c\/h4\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eElizabeth Cobbold, the poet of Ipswich, cut some eighty paper valentines every year — each scissored by hand from half a sheet of letter paper and inscribed with a verse of her own — for her celebrated annual Valentine's ball. Hers were cut on red paper for a lady and blue for a gentleman; this one, on red, imagines a woman's guardian: \u003cem\u003eThe Monitory Lizard\u003c\/em\u003e, the lizard that warns. (A lovely double meaning: \u003cem\u003emonitory\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003emonitor\u003c\/em\u003e lizard both come from the Latin \u003cem\u003emonere\u003c\/em\u003e, to warn.) The verse she wrote is the very ground the creature walks on. We keep her craft and her words whole: the red shirt \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e her lady's valentine paper, the lizard is the cut, the verse is underfoot. One ink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eContinue reading ▾\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003ch4\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h4\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eElizabeth Cobbold (1767–1824) was an English poet, naturalist and celebrated hostess. Her hand-cut valentines — made by the dozens each year for her Valentine's ball in Ipswich — survive as some of the finest amateur papercutting of the Regency era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"prov\"\u003eThe New York Public Library, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle · ca. 1823 · Public domain (NYPL)\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"prov\" style=\"margin-top:6px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFounders Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e · our launch price. $49 after the first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0;font-family:Ciutadella,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;color:#6b5c4e\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#2a2119\"\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e — Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low. Do not iron directly on the print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0;border-top:1px solid #e0d7ca;padding-top:14px\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/the-archive\/cobbold-the-lizard-walks-on-her-verse\" style=\"font-family:Ciutadella,sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#a01c14;text-decoration:none\"\u003eRead this piece in The Archive →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":48880566632548,"sku":"SA-COBBOLD-S","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":48734801559652,"sku":"SA-COBBOLD-M","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":48734801592420,"sku":"SA-COBBOLD-L","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":48734801625188,"sku":"SA-COBBOLD-XL","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":48734801657956,"sku":"SA-COBBOLD-2XL","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3XL","offer_id":48734801690724,"sku":"SA-COBBOLD-3XL","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/elizabeth-cobbold-monitory-lizard-1.jpg?v=1783890117","url":"https:\/\/shop.metrica.art\/products\/elizabeth-cobbold-monitory-lizard","provider":"Métrica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}