Heart-shaped valentines card

Anonymous, British or American, 19th century

1850–99 · Embossed paper, color lithograph, artificial flowers · Drawings and Prints

Valentines card, shaped like a heart, clad in green lace with a heart-shaped image of a boy and girl in the center, combined with the text "with love and devotion". The card is further decorated with fake (partly textile) twigs of cherry blossom.

Artist

Anonymous, British or American, 19th century

Date

1850–99

Medium

Embossed paper, color lithograph, artificial flowers

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Morrison H. Heckscher, 1989