Valentine - Mechanical floral scene - a man on a horse offers a woman a rose - symbol of love.
ca. 1875
Medium
Heavy card-stock, die cut card stock, chromolithography, paper for hinges
Dimensions
Width: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm) Length: 4 7/16 in. (11.2 cm)
Classification
Ephemera|Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Richard Riddell, 1981
Accession Number
1981.1136.848
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the charming world of Victorian romance with this delightful *Valentine - Mechanical floral scene*, created anonymously in Britain around 1875. just 3 1/16 by 4 7/16 inches, this petite card captures a tender moment: a dashing man on horseback extends a rose—the timeless symbol of love—to an elegant woman, surrounded by lush flowers, playful dogs, and equestrian grace. As ephemera from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it embodies the fleeting yet heartfelt sentiment of 19th-century courtship. Crafted from heavy card-stock with die-cut elements, chromo...