Victorian Cherub Valentine Card with Heart & Garden Design

This chubby, white-winged cherub — sporting a jaunty blue sash around his waist and an expression of unhinged delight — is using a long curved stick to harvest a field of red and orange hearts growing among the grass like some kind of cardiac victory garden, all backdropped by a single massive gold heart that functions less as romantic symbolism and more as a trophy wall. The whole scene radiates the energy of a tiny, unhinged real estate developer surveying his portfolio of stolen affections. Victorian greeting card designers really looked at 'love is a weapon' as less of a metaphor and more of a business plan, and honestly, respect.