Cherub with hearts and arrows, Accept my love Valentine card – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Cherub with hearts and arrows, Accept my love Valentine card in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Cherub with hearts and arrows, Accept my love Valentine card
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A winged cherub with a bow and a sheaf of arrows, paired with the words "Accept my love," anchors this card in the decorative tradition of the late Victorian and Edwardian Valentine. Cupid had long stood in for romantic love in European art, and printers of the period leaned on him heavily, often adding hearts and arrows to make the sentiment plain at a glance. Cards like this were typically die-cut or embossed, sometimes with lace or fringed paper, and were exchanged by mail or slipped into a sweetheart's hand. Look at how the arrows and hearts are arranged, since that layout tells you a good deal about the printing methods of its day.
| Original scan | 502 × 816 px |
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| Reference | Img159 |
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