Three cherubs holding heart-shaped plants, vintage 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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Three cherubs holding heart-shaped plants, vintage Valentine card comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. 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. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Three cherubs holding heart-shaped plants, vintage Valentine card
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Three plump cherubs hold up heart-shaped leaves on this vintage card, a motif that drew on the Victorian taste for sentimental imagery in greeting cards. Cards like this were typically printed in large runs using chromolithography or lithographic methods, which let makers add rich color to soft, rounded figures. Valentine cards grew popular in the mid-19th century, when penny post and cheap printing made it easy to send a small message of affection. Look closely at the heart-shaped foliage, which stood in for love and devotion, a visual shorthand that Valentine designers relied on for decades.
| Original scan | 815 × 521 px |
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| Reference | Img201 |
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