Sacred Heart - Die-Cut Lace Holy Card, L. Turgis, Paris - 19th Century

Nineteenth-century devotional card on die-cut lace paper, with a First Communion scene: the priest gives the host to a girl while the guardian angel accompanies a kneeling boy, and above, in a medallion, the Sacred Heart among cherubs. At the center, the invocation "Os amo, oh Dios mío". Published by L. Turgis, rue des Écoles, Paris, with the number 1068.

Medium: Steel engraving on die-cut lace paper (machine-made canivet).
Engraver / lithographer: The house of L. Turgis, Paris.
Date: 19th century.
Condition: Fair, given its fragility. General toning of the paper and small tears and losses in the die-cut border, chiefly on the right side.