Valentine postcard: cupid and woman roasting hearts on a cart – Antique Wall Art
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Description
This rare vintage postcard captures Valentine postcard: cupid and woman roasting hearts on a cart in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Valentine postcard: cupid and woman roasting hearts on a cart
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Cupid stands at the center of this Valentine postcard, tending a small cart where hearts are being roasted over a fire, while a woman looks on as though the sweetness of the scene is her own doing. Cards of this kind were popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when printers turned out inexpensive lithographed greetings that let people send affection by mail. The joke of cupid as a street vendor, tossing hearts like chestnuts, reflects the era's fondness for playful, sentimental imagery built on classical figures and everyday life.
| Original scan | 519 × 809 px |
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| Reference | Img30 |
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