Victorian Valentine's Day Greeting Card | Heart Portrait 1890s
Text on Card
St. Valentine's Greeting
Description
A charming Victorian-era Valentine's greeting card featuring a young woman's portrait nestled within an ornate heart frame adorned with delicate blue forget-me-nots. The subject, rendered in chromolithographic detail, displays fashionable Gibson Girl-style hair and a demure expression enhanced by her blue bow. Decorative Art Nouveau flourishes frame the composition, including gracefully curved ribbon swags and pink roses in the lower corners. The card's elegant typography spells out "Valentine's Greeting" in ornamental script, capturing the sentimental romance characteristic of late 19th-century courtship traditions.
Subjects
young woman, portrait, heart frame, forget-me-nots, roses, ribbons
Printing Notes
Die-cut heart-shaped portrait frame with embossed details and metallic gold accents
