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2011EU0378-01

Victoria Newlyn and Alexander Arkell in The Surgeon of Honour, photo Douglas H. Jeffery. London, England 1998

2006AB9748-01

Pendant engraved with a pierced heart. France, 17th century

2006AG8998-01

Music sheet cover of Acis and Galatea opera, by Jefferys & Nelson. London, England, 19th century

2006AM0384-01

Cupid Bound to a Tree, by Angelica Kauffmann. England, 1777

2006AM3355-01

The Lovers, by Andien De Clermont. Britain, 1742

2006AV4846-01

Fête Champêtre, by Jean Baptiste Pater. France, early 18th century

2006BG5277-01

Cupid and Psyche, by Claude Michel, also known as Clodion. France, late 18th century

2007BP1053-01

Allegory of Fire, after Francois Boucher. France, 18th-19th century

2008BT5995-01

Lovebirds on a prunus branch. England, early 20th century

2010EF7382-01

Love, by William Say, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. Britain, late 18th-19th century

2011FB3905-01

Basil Gill and Nora Kerin as Romeo and Juliet, photo Virtue & Co. London, UK, late 19th century

2011FB3964-01

Mr Clyffe and Miss Lingard as Romeo and Juliet, photo W&D Downey. London, UK, late 19th century

$2009CR6152-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Arts, textile design engraved by Malfeson. Normandy, France, early 19th century$

2009CR6152-01

The Arts, textile design engraved by Malfeson. Normandy, France, early 19th century

$2010CT5700-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Cherished Sheep, detail, by Favre Petitpierre et Cie. Nantes, France, late 18th century$

2010CT5700-01

The Cherished Sheep, detail, by Favre Petitpierre et Cie. Nantes, France, late 18th century

$2010CT5758-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Cherished Sheep, detail, by Favre Petitpierre et Cie. Nantes, France, late 18th century$

2010CT5758-01

The Cherished Sheep, detail, by Favre Petitpierre et Cie. Nantes, France, late 18th century

$2010CT5777-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Sale of cupids, detail showing a couple struck by cupid, by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. France, early 19th century$

2010CT5777-01

Sale of cupids, detail showing a couple struck by cupid, by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. France, early 19th century

$2006AP6578-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Sample of a pattern depicting hearts. Spitalfields, London, England, 18th century$

2006AP6578-01

Sample of a pattern depicting hearts. Spitalfields, London, England, 18th century

2007BN0477-01

Ring with a crowned heart held by two hands. England, 1706

2006BL0422-01

Gold ring with Continnve Fatithfvll inscribed. England, late 16th century

2010EL5816-01

The Palace of Art, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, engraved by Brothers Dalziel. England, 1857

2006AA2961-01

Chaucer and Cupid, by Eric Gill. England, 1927

2006AH4976-01

Pair of earrings depicting Cupid. Greece, 2nd-1st century BC

2006AM5731-01

Venus, Adonis and Cupid, by Francesco Fanelli. London, England, mid-17th century

2006AN1773-01

A Sleeping Nymph Watched by A Shepherd, designed by Angelica Kauffmann. Britain, 1780

2006AX8789-01

Tiara with a figure of Cupid in a shell and golden wings, by Henry Wilson. Kent, England, early 20th century

2006BJ4176-01

Heart-shaped locket. England, 17th-18th century

2008BU1773-01

Jupiter and Antiope, by Jean-Jacques Pierre. Geneva, Switzerland, early 18th century

2010EH1803-01

Scent bottle, manufactured by Le Nove porcelain factory. Nove, Italy, early 19th century

2010EJ3135-01

Venus and Cupid, after Luca Giordano, by Francesco Bartolozzi. England, 18th-19th century

2010EJ3152-01

Cupid as a Link Boy, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, by John Dean. Probably England, mid-18th century

2006AY8564-01

Endymion and Selene, by Victor Florence Pollet. France, 19th century

$2009CT1175-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Art of Loving, detail, by Petitpierre Freres. Nantes, France, late 18th century$

2009CT1175-01

The Art of Loving, detail, by Petitpierre Freres. Nantes, France, late 18th century

$2006AA6345-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Pincushion with photographs of military heroes of the Boer War. England, early 20th century$

2006AA6345-01

Pincushion with photographs of military heroes of the Boer War. England, early 20th century

2006AA7014-01

The Heart Puzzle. England, 1875

2006AB9251-01

Spill vase of Jenny Marston and Frederick Robinson as Perditra and Florizel in The Winter's Tale, by Thomas Parr. Staffordshire, England, mid-19th century

2006AE5393-01

The Original Polka, by John Brandard. London, England, mid-19th century

2006AG8465-01

The Three Graces, detail, by Antonio Canova. Rome, Italy, early 19th century

2006AL6403-01

Man kissing woman's hand, photo John French. London, UK, mid-20th century

2006AM5178-01

Plaque depicting a kiss between young lovers, by Phoebe Traquair. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1902

2006AM5539-01

Illustration from A Quiver of Love showing a Medieval scene of a young man and woman, by Walter Crane. London, England, 1876