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HAND-COLOURED WOOD-ENGRAVINGS
Four hand-coloured wood-engravings, one entitled 'Cupid's Snare', depicting Cupid trapping winged hearts in a net, together with 3 other similar engravings, all reprints of 1810, 9½ x 7¼in., c. 1850-60; a hand-coloured lithograph of Cupid in a landscape with a castle beyond, catching winged hearts in a net, with a printed verse below; and three other valentine cards, one depicting a ladder with a heart hanging at the top, Cupid lies below, captioned 'Love Lies Sprawling', c. 1840's. (8)
Four hand-coloured wood-engravings, one entitled 'Cupid's Snare', depicting Cupid trapping winged hearts in a net, together with 3 other similar engravings, all reprints of 1810, 9½ x 7¼in., c. 1850-60; a hand-coloured lithograph of Cupid in a landscape with a castle beyond, catching winged hearts in a net, with a printed verse below; and three other valentine cards, one depicting a ladder with a heart hanging at the top, Cupid lies below, captioned 'Love Lies Sprawling', c. 1840's. (8)