Victorian Valentine: Children with Hearts & Flowers Greeting Card

Like a Pinterest board come to life, two Victorian children dressed like tiny aristocrats — she in a full blue dress with bow and wide-brimmed green hat, he in a brown suit with an aggressively lacy collar — stand beneath an arch of forget-me-nots and dangling red hearts while she hauls a basket absolutely stuffed with heart-shaped objects and he brandishes a bouquet aloft like he's won something. Neither child is making unsettling eye contact with the viewer, actually — they're gazing at each other with the kind of smug, rosy-cheeked satisfaction of children who know they are being painted and are very pleased about it. The inscription 'To one I love' at the bottom, combined with the heart surplus that would make a cardiologist nervous and the boy's triumphant flower-hoisting energy, suggests this card was designed by someone who believed love was best expressed through sheer volume of red objects.