This gorgeous Valentine card from around 1860 has lacy, beautifully detailed, cut-and-embossed paper making it up. Unfortunately, it uses text speech ("U.R. kind"), so it's
clearly going to kill the English language within 170 years or so.
This 1880s Valentine card is apparently for soldiers. "Home from the war. I pray you smile on me."
This one's by Victorian artist
Kate Greenaway, better known for her children's book illustrations.
Love can also be tragic: in Echo and Narcissus by
John William Waterhouse, we see Echo, who loves Narcissus, and Narcissus, who loves himself. It doesn't end well for either.
This gorgeous Valentine card from around 1860 has lacy, beautifully detailed, cut-and-embossed paper making it up. Unfortunately, it uses text speech ("U.R. kind"), so it's
clearly going to kill the English language within 170 years or so.
This 1880s Valentine card is apparently for soldiers. "Home from the war. I pray you smile on me."
This one's by Victorian artist
Kate Greenaway, better known for her children's book illustrations.
Love can also be tragic: in Echo and Narcissus by
John William Waterhouse, we see Echo, who loves Narcissus, and Narcissus, who loves himself. It doesn't end well for either.
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