Cupid has fallen, his bow is broken, two winged hearts fly from his wicker cage.
Object type: Valentine
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Joseph Frister
Artist bio: Austrian, 1762–1832
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Austrian
Date: ca. 1815
Medium: Heavy card stock, lithography, watercolor, thread
Dimensions: Width: 4 in. (10.1 cm)
Height: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)
Classification: Ephemera|Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Richard Riddell, 1981
Accession year: 1984