Victorian Valentine Card with Cupid & Cornucopia - 1880s

Most viewers will immediately notice the cherub's expression — hovering above the cornucopia with the energy of someone who just knocked over a gravy boat at Thanksgiving, leaning forward in a way that reads less 'divine messenger of love' and more 'I did this on purpose.' The horn of plenty is enthusiastically disgorging a cascade of pink and red hearts downward, which is either a beautiful metaphor for abundance or a Victorian-era way of saying 'here, have all my emotional baggage.' The poem 'Earth holds no other like to thee, Or if it does, in vain for me' written in gold script is an absolutely unhinged level of possessiveness to print on cardstock — credit where it's due.