Napoleonic cut-out design Valentine heiroglyphs
Design for heiroglyphic illustrations from French magazine editor Emilie Berrin's 1801 pattern book Secretair der Liebe intended to be cut out and used to decorate the home or objects, or as Valentines. These vignettes send coded messages, plate 20 is explained as both a scandalous love-letter or a message from a Priest to the young girl's aunt
Picture No
11096821
Media ID
46693227
Size
2618px x 3606px
(3.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/Harry Price
Source
Senate House Library: Special Collection: D.L.L. F3 Berrin plate 20
Date
1808
