Beautifully painted movable card with symbols of love. A brazier contains an eternal flame -- and from it emerge two clasped hands.
Object type: Valentine
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Anonymous, Austrian, Viennese, 19th century
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Austrian
Date: ca. 1815
Medium: Heavy card stock, lithography, watercolor
Dimensions: Width: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Height: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Classification: Ephemera|Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Richard Riddell, 1981
Accession year: 1984