Josie's C. 1850s Victorian Die Cut Valentine in Period Frame, Dayton, Ohio dog show award Color printed on fairly lightweight

Color printed on fairly lightweight matte white cardstock

such that it can be rotated a full 180 degrees

To my eye just completely charming

with this long

but everything else seems to be in place

Josie's C. 1850s Victorian Die Cut Valentine in Period Frame, Dayton, Ohio dog show award Color printed on fairly lightweightI tend to pass over Victorian die cut creations in favor of hand drawn ones, but this early Valentine., c. 1850s or so, feels as much the latter as the former, and I think is just wonderful. It appears to have been made for a Josie Millie __ (?) of Dayton Ohio, with her name written several times in pencil inside the heart constructed of many bits of die cut greenery and flowers. Then below, several lines of a poem, the first two of which one can