Victorian Valentine Cherub with Pink Flowers & Love Letter Card

Between the naked, winged cherub and the recipient of this card exists an implied relationship so earnest it borders on bureaucratic — he clutches an unrolled scroll covered in tiny red hearts like he's presenting Q3 earnings for the Love Department. He's framed by a horseshoe arch of pink roses spelling out V-A-L-E-N-T-I-N-E in red heart-shaped letters, because subtlety died sometime around 1905. The sage green embossed border and gold background give the whole tableau an altar-like gravitas, as if this cherub's romantic spreadsheet deserves to be hung in the Louvre. The text — 'Dear little Sweetheart of my soul, For whom my Songs are sung' — suggests whoever sent this card had never once considered the concept of 'too much.'