Victorian greeting card: girl in bonnet, pink roses, "With Love and Devotion – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Victorian greeting card: girl in bonnet, pink roses, "With Love and Devotion, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Victorian greeting card: girl in bonnet, pink roses, "With Love and Devotion
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Lead with the girl in the bonnet and the pink roses, the two details that set this card apart from the many sentimental valentines on the same board. Its printed motto, "With Love and Devotion," places it among the mass-produced greeting cards that became popular in Britain and America during the Victorian era, when improved color printing let publishers sell affordable, decorative cards for courtship and holidays. Cards like this were often exchanged by hand, sometimes with a personal note tucked inside, so the printed image was only part of the message. Look closely at the lithographed colours and the delicate floral borders, which show how far commercial printing had advanced by the late 1800s.
| Original scan | 510 × 816 px |
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| Reference | Img37 |
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