Yale Center for British Art

Title:: To my pretty Valentine!
Published / Created:: Great Britain : publisher not identified, mid-19th century.
Physical Description:: 1 card ; 22 x 19 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC1866.V3 C6+ no. 28 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Copyright Undetermined
Related Content:: View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:14883895
Classification:: Prints
Notes:: Valentine card. Cream paper valentine with frame of embossed and cut paper against orange paper background. Translucent paper inlay with image depicting cupid with a bow and arrow and floral motif.
Subject Terms:: Valentines -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Form/Genre:: Ephemera. | Valentines. | Botanical illustrations | Embossed papers. | Cut-paper works. | Cupids. | Scraps. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850.