A handcolored lithograph printed quarto valentine depicting a stately gentleman at the garden’s gate being advised by Cupid.  A women peers from the window inside a nearby cottage.  Sentimental rhyming verse at base professing love.  c1830s.  No maker.  Measures 9 1/8”x 7 3/8”.  Cover page only, excellent color and illustration of early hand colored lithograph valentine.