Brilliant Color Courting Couple in Garden with Cupid Watching, Postally Used 1840

Woodcut illustration with vibrant handcoloring depicts a maiden and her suitor in a garden with Cupid approaching. An altar with eternal flame in the background. Verse begins "Say, lovely Maid! must I then sigh in vain?... Hand penned sentiment to woman with wish for her to meet him in Chanendon Square & be his faithful Valentine. Inside blank. Postally used. Stamped Feb 26, 1840. Green sealing wax on reverse. Letter folds and light wear.