Ivory valentine with gold lace-like border, blue watercolor star flower with yellow center, black bows and blue sprigs, and handwritten black script.

There's not a Thought (valentine)

A valentine on ivory paper framed by a gold embossed lace-like border. Inside, a blue watercolor star-shaped flower with a yellow center rises between two black bows with blue sprigs, with black ink script beside it.

Artist: Unknown
Date: c. 1840
Medium: Watercolor and pen and black ink, with collaged elements on gold accented and embossed ivory wove paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2644 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1845).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Emma B. Hodge

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