Victorian Valentine Cherub with Daffodils Die-Cut Greeting Card

What kind of cherub emerges from a purple heart-shaped shield looking like a tiny Victorian fever dream? This one — sporting a jaunty hat, a red bow at its neck, and wings that suggest 'decorative' rather than 'aerodynamic' — gazes out with the unsettling confidence of someone who absolutely knows where you sleep. The daffodils framing the whole scene are cheerful in the way that witnesses to a crime are cheerful: technically present, suspiciously uninvolved. The poem at the bottom gravely informs us that this purple bow is 'a loyal one,' as though the recipient needed reassurance that their ribbon had good character, while the lace border frames the whole composition like a doily that's been told it's a masterpiece and has started to believe it.