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13,163 works

Valentine card with two birds beside a yellow nest with eggs, flowers and leaves, inside a white lace border.

An Offering of Love (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Valentine card with lace border showing two grey birds, a yellow nest with eggs, blue flowers, and the words 'To my dear Vale

To My Dear Valentine (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Watercolor of a blue and white vase with yellow and pink flowers, framed by an embossed paper border.

Untitled Valentine (Blue and White Vase with Flowers)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with embossed border, a silver dove within blue rays and a blue scroll oval, and painted pink and yellow flowe

Untitled Valentine (Silver Dove)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a lattice fence under a blossoming cherry

Courtesan Parading Beneath Cherry Tree

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Medieval Bible page with gold and blue foliate border and a small illuminated initial showing a man and woman joining hands.

The Marriage of Hosea and Gomer in a Historiated Initial "V" from a Bible

Unknown artist, 1345/48

Woodblock print of a court woman holding a blossoming branch, with a young attendant holding a round fan, on a dark ground.

Yokihi (Chinese: Yang Guifei) with attendant

Nishimura Shigenaga, 18th century

Hand-painted pink rose with green leaves and metallic gold and rose leaves, framed by lace paper border, with 'Love Me or I D

Love Me or I Die (Valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, c. 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded nude figure in a cloak raising a hand and holding a tall cross-topped banner pole.

Resurrected Christ

Luca Cambiaso, c. 1559

Valentine card with lace border, painted tulip and pansy bouquet, and blue handwritten verse.

Thou Art to Me More Lovely (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1850

Valentine card with painted pink and yellow roses, green leaves, blue cursive verse and an embossed white lace border.

Thou Art to Me (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Valentine card with painted pink, yellow and blue flowers in a green wreath, lace border, and 'Forget me not' inscription.

Forget Me Not (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Woodblock print of a dancer in a patterned kimono standing in a boat beneath drooping willow branches.

Shirabyoshi Dancer Standing in Asazuma Boat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Valentine card with lace border, a hand-colored yellow rose and pink and blue flowers, and script verse reading Oh say fair o

Oh Say Fair One Thou Will be Mine (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor under a yellow parasol in falling snow beside a snow-covered tree, in green kimono.

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Kiyotaki in the Play Oakinai Hiru ga Kojima, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the El…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1784

Valentine card with gold monogram framed by pink watercolor roses and green ivy on embossed white lace paper.

Love (Valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with lace border, a red butterfly above pink roses and blue forget-me-nots, and the words Love True.

Love True (Valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with embossed border, painted flower sprigs, a central diamond panel of red blossoms, and handwritten verse.

As Pines the Dove It's Mate to See (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a robed figure ascending through clouds with angels and kneeling onlookers below.

Ascension of Christ

Giulio Cesare Angeli, n.d.

Valentine with an oval wreath of painted roses, morning glory and chrysanthemum tied with blue ribbon, handwritten verse, emb

Believe My Love These Lines Are True (valentine)

George Kershaw, 1840/50

Valentine card with a watercolor bouquet in a blue and white vase, embossed floral border and handwritten verses.

It is Weakness thus to Dwell (Valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with embossed border showing a blue vase holding red, pink and yellow flowers, with green handwritten verses.

Is it Weakness thus to Dwell (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Japanese print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono beneath a willow and hanging lantern, with a second figure at upper left.

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu…

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1744

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one with a folding fan and one carrying a box on a pole.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as a Male Fox Disguised as the Sake Seller Iseya (left) and Nakamura Tomijuro I as a F…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Valentine card with a wreath of blue flowers, painted sprigs, lace paper border and handwritten verse about roses.

May Thy Path be Strewed with Roses (valentine)

George Kershaw, n.d.

Valentine card with lace border, blue vase of turquoise flowers, and handwritten script above and below.

Believe I am Sincere (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with lace border, pink flower wreath, blue fern sprigs, and handwritten brown script message.

Dearest, May My Love for Thee be Equaled by Thy Truth to Me (valentine)

George Kershaw, n.d.

Valentine card with a pink rose medallion, two birds with blue flower sprigs, and handwritten verse on embossed paper.

Forget Me Not Where'eer You Be (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a sword under drooping willow branches, wearing a patterned kimono and striped robe.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hiranoya Tokubei (?) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakam…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in green kimono and white hakama, holding a sword beneath a pine branch.

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Shinoda Jirodayu in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theat…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772