Pale, pink card, with embossed designs bordering the edges, on which an image of Cupid sits in each of the four corners. Cameo center, bordered by white perforated lace, displays an image of a young girl, dressed in a pale pink dress, with ruffled sleeves and collar; the dress has a blue sash, a blue bow, for which the girl is wearing a matching blue bow in her hair. Card opens to reveal text entitled "Beauty and Delicacy" which reads: Beauty and delicacy combined,/Enchant the lover's heart;/With form so fair, so pure a mind/Must e'en true love impart. Verse is bordered by a beige ribbon with elegant bows at each of the four corners of the verse.
Subjects
Cupids (Art); Girls; Greeting cards; Paper craft; Valentines; Verses (Poetry)
Printer
Unidentified
Dimensions
18 x 12 cm
Date
1870-1879
Manuscript Collection
MSS 440, Greeting Card Collection
Repository
The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Publication Rights
Requests for permission to publish material from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian at the Phillips Library.
