On Vengeance Bent, the Wrathful Lover Started – Vintage Print
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Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of On Vengeance Bent, the Wrathful Lover Started. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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.
On Vengeance Bent, the Wrathful Lover Started
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The title sets the tone: a wrathful lover, bent on vengeance and startled into motion, reads more like a line from comic verse than a sentimental greeting. Valentines of the nineteenth century often relied on this kind of mock-heroic drama, pairing exaggerated emotion with rhymed captions to poke fun at courtship, jilted suitors, and fickle sweethearts. Cards like this were mass-produced and exchanged in the weeks before February 14, so their humor was meant to land quickly. The expressions and gestures carry most of the joke, so it is worth looking closely at them.
| Original scan | 3,858 × 1,996 px · prints to 13 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | VAL-59 |
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