Vintage Valentine's Day Card with Cherub and Doves - Edwardian Era

The scene presents a pastoral fantasy: Cupid lounging face-down in a heart-filled cart being hauled across the countryside by a single committed white dove. But zoom in on the actual situation and it becomes clear that Cupid — wings, crown, and all — has abandoned his arrows entirely in favor of this unusual arrangement, gazing into the pile of hearts with the vacant contentment of someone who has completely given up on doing his actual job. The cart is decorated entirely in blue forget-me-nots, which feels passive-aggressive given the occasion. The dove, to its credit, looks absolutely committed to this deranged errand. Somewhere, two humans are hoping this postcard conveys romance; instead it documents the complete institutional collapse of mythology's most important department.