In "Victorian Valentines" certain images recur frequently. Cupids are seen, helping along love as has been their role through the ages. Hearts figure prominently. The Victorians loved all things floral, so many blooms adorn these postcards. Finally, many lovely young Victorian ladies are pictured in all their beauty. That complex of attitude and tendencies that we call the Victorian Age did not, of course, vanish on the Queen's death in 1900. It persisted and evolved until the First World War. For this book we have ...
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In "Victorian Valentines" certain images recur frequently. Cupids are seen, helping along love as has been their role through the ages. Hearts figure prominently. The Victorians loved all things floral, so many blooms adorn these postcards. Finally, many lovely young Victorian ladies are pictured in all their beauty. That complex of attitude and tendencies that we call the Victorian Age did not, of course, vanish on the Queen's death in 1900. It persisted and evolved until the First World War. For this book we have confined ourselves to postcards published before 1910.
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