I Will Remember Love (valentine)
1860/69
Medium
Gold and pink paint on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper
Dimensions
7.4 × 10.5 cm (2 15/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
Classification
collage
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
128971
Art Historical Context
Step into the romantic world of Victorian sentiment with *I Will Remember Love (valentine)*, a delicate collage created by John Windsor between 1860 and 1869. This intimate artwork, measuring just 7.4 × 10.5 cm, the era's passion for elaborate love tokens, designed as a heartfelt Valentine's Day gift. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints Drawings department, it exemplifies the personalized artistry of mid-19th-century courtship. Windsor's masterful use of gold and pink paint on cut and embossed ivory wove paper brings texture and shimmer to life. The embossing creates raised, three...