Valentine Greeting with cherubs and red heart – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Valentine Greeting with cherubs and red heart, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Valentine Greeting with cherubs and red heart
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Cupids and a red heart make up the whole design of this Valentine greeting, which puts its sentiment front and center rather than a scene or a portrait. Cards of this kind became popular in the later 19th century, when printing advances and cheap color lithography let manufacturers mass-produce sentimental greetings for ordinary buyers. Winged cherubs were a familiar classical shorthand for Cupid, the Roman god of desire, and artists borrowed his figure to signal love without words. Notice how the heart and the infant figures carry the message, leaving the sender to add a personal note.
| Original scan | 521 × 823 px |
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| Reference | Img46 |
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