Victorian die-cut elf with white beard holding a pink rose – Antique 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 Victorian die-cut elf with white beard holding a pink rose. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable 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.
Victorian die-cut elf with white beard holding a pink rose
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A bearded elf rendered in die-cut paper, here shown holding a pink rose, sits apart from the usual angels on this board because its figure is a fairy-tale creature rather than a heavenly messenger. Victorian die-cut scraps like this one were printed in sheets, cut out with fine blades, and pasted into albums or onto greeting cards, where they were exchanged as tokens of affection and sentiment. The rose, a long-standing emblem of love and courtship, reflects the period's habit of pairing small pictures with coded floral meanings. Collectors today value these pieces for their delicate embossing and for what they reveal about the playful side of nineteenth-century popular art.
| Original scan | 619 × 1,009 px |
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| Reference | Fairies & Elves (62) |
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