Cupid holding True Love hearts Valentine card – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This historic image of Cupid holding True Love hearts Valentine card brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Cupid holding True Love hearts Valentine card
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Cupid, the winged boy of Roman myth, is the figure at the center of this Valentine card, holding a pair of hearts marked "True Love." The motif grew popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when printed greeting cards became cheap enough for ordinary people to send to sweethearts and friends. Cupid's arrows and bow, borrowed from classical mythology, symbolized the sudden pangs of romantic love, and cards like this one turned that old imagery into a sentimental message. Look closely at the lettering and decorative border, which show how card makers of the period blended ornament with text.
| Original scan | 531 × 828 px |
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| Reference | Img39 |
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