c. 1840s Large Paper Lace Valentine with Watercolor Flower (Blank Interior) figure with trident who I believe was the

who I believe was the relative

One of three engravings I am listing

crisply painted that yellow house is

and signed J

c. 1840s Large Paper Lace Valentine with Watercolor Flower (Blank Interior) figure with trident who I believe was theA handful of Victorian paper lace valentines today, because 'tis almost the season, and what a lovely thing to give to a beloved, including oneself. I'm fussy about ones I like, choosing these several from more than a hundred 19th c. examples I had the joy of perusing last weekend which had been collected over many years by a major Maine based paper dealer (who made notes on the envelopes of some, dating this one to the late 1840s) whose collection