Cupid riding a dove with Valentine envelope – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Cupid riding a dove with Valentine envelope. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Cupid riding a dove with Valentine envelope
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Cupid is shown here astride a dove, a pairing that signals the picture's sentimental, love-themed purpose from a glance. The dove and the sealed Valentine envelope it carries tie the figure to the custom of sending written tokens of affection, which grew popular in the nineteenth century as printed greeting cards became cheaper to produce. Cupid, the Roman god of desire, had long been a stock figure in valentines, and images like this one helped turn a romantic gesture into a mass-produced convention. Look closely at the envelope, which reflects the small, decorative details that made such cards feel like personal messages.
| Original scan | 524 × 820 px |
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| Reference | Img48 |
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