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Cut-paper valentine with white silhouette, green sunburst, purple lace figure in oval, red rose, and label reading Dear to Memory.

Dear to Memory (valentine)

A cut-paper valentine built from lace-like embossed paper, with a white silhouetted figure beside a green-rayed sunburst and a purple paper-lace figure in an oval medallion. A small red rose cluster sits above, and a diamond label reads "Dear to Memory."

Artist
C. Lang
Date
1850/59
Medium
Collaged elements on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1271 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1859).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Paul E. Pearson

Español: Dear to Memory, collage de San Valentín (años 1850)

Una tarjeta de San Valentín de papel recortado, hecha con papel en relieve que imita encaje, con una figura blanca en silueta junto a un sol de rayos verdes y una figura de encaje morado en un medallón ovalado. Arriba aparece un pequeño ramo de rosas rojas y en una etiqueta en forma de rombo se lee "Dear to Memory".

Português: Dear to Memory, colagem de Dia dos Namorados (anos 1850)

Um cartão de Dia dos Namorados em papel recortado, feito com papel em relevo que imita renda, com uma figura branca em silhueta ao lado de um sol de raios verdes e uma figura de renda roxa em um medalhão oval. Acima há um pequeno ramo de rosas vermelhas e, em uma etiqueta em losango, lê-se "Dear to Memory".