Valentine card with a gold scalloped border, a watercolor bouquet of red, yellow and lilac flowers above a blue and white urn, and the words Truth and affection.

Truth and Affection, valentine card with flowers in a blue urn

A pale ivory card with a gold lattice-patterned, scalloped border frames a bouquet of watercolor flowers in red, yellow, and lilac, with green leaves and sprigs. Below, a blue-and-white urn with a painted scene sits on a pedestal, and the handwritten phrase 'Truth and affection' appears in ink at the top.

Artist: Unknown
Date: c. 1850
Medium: Collaged elements and watercolor, with pen and black ink on gold accented and embossed ivory wove paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2654 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1855).
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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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