Vintage Cupid Valentine Card with Cherubs and Heart Tree

These two chubby, winged cherubs — one accessorized with a full quiver and bow, the other draped in what appears to be a jaunty blue sash — seem convinced they're conducting the most romantic errand imaginable while frolicking through a field absolutely littered with improbably large red hearts, because subtlety died sometime before the printing press. Their knowing, rosy-cheeked smiles suggest they are very much in on whatever this is, as if they understand that a single red heart dangles from a tree branch overhead like bait and 'To my Valentine' floats above in cheerful defiance of how deeply unsettling it is to have armed nude toddlers deliver romantic sentiments. The pastoral background, daisies, and rolling green hills are clearly meant to evoke innocent romance, and yet Victorian greeting card designers truly said: nothing says 'I love you' like weaponized infants trampling a heart graveyard.