Valentine card: cupid and woman, "May I call with this brief line – Antique Wall Art
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A window into the past: Valentine card: cupid and woman, "May I call with this brief line, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Valentine card: cupid and woman, "May I call with this brief line
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Cupid appears here as a small winged figure leaning toward a woman, a pairing that sums up the sentiment printed on the card: "May I call with this brief line," a polite request to pay a visit by way of a few written words. Valentines of this kind, sent in the late 1800s and early 1900s, often carried verses that stood in for a spoken courtship, letting a sender be bold or shy at a safe distance. Cards like this were typically die-cut or embossed and given as a mass-produced token, so the sentimental pose and the rhymed invitation were meant to be read quickly and understood by almost anyone.
| Original scan | 516 × 821 px |
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| Reference | Img155 |
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