In keeping with today's theme of love, all things heart-shaped and amorous, I thought it might be fun to share a few early-modern (and, I admit, some eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ones) that reflect today's warm and fuzzy feeling. (And if that warm, fuzzy feeling is only provided by your furry slippers this year, then that's fine, too!)
All of the images are courtesy of Wellcome Images.
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| Cupid dissecting a heart (1665) |
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| The treatment of a love-sick woman (representing the Netherlands) (1672) |
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| Cupid armed with a bow and arrow flies through the window (18th century) |
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| A woman with bulging eyes, expressing desire through her face (1770) |
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| A woman, the physiognomy of whom expresses attention excited by desire (1792) |
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| A bewildered doctor taking the pulse of a love-sick woman (1802) |
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A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart (1830)
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There will be another post coming up over the weekend on some 'Bellifying Receipts', so keep your eyes peeled!
© Jenna Townend 2014
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