Three cherubs holding heart-shaped plants, vintage Valentine card – Historic 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 historic image of Three cherubs holding heart-shaped plants, vintage Valentine card brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. 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.
Three cherubs holding heart-shaped plants, vintage Valentine card
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Three plump cherubs, each cradling a heart-shaped plant, make this a lighthearted example of the sentimental Valentine card that was popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Cards like this were often printed as chromolithographs, with many color layers laid down by hand-fed presses, and they were exchanged in the days before a Valentine's Day that had grown into a commercial holiday in the United States. The cherub, borrowed from Renaissance and Victorian art, signaled innocent affection, while the heart-shaped leaves add a floral touch typical of the era's messages about devotion and courtship.
| Original scan | 815 × 521 px |
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| Reference | Img147 |
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