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Title The Hen-Pecked Man.
Publisher [S.l. : s.n.]
Date [between 1840 and 1880?]
Description "Miss Nancy" is a derogatory term for effeminate men. "Judy" is a derogatory term for women derived from the puppet show "Punch and Judy." The man holds a baby as the character Judy does, and the hooked-nose woman resembles Punch and shakes her fist at them. The valentine mocks the reversal of gender roles and criticizes timid husbands and controlling wives.
Notes Text: You perfect Judy -- you Miss Nancy -- / Just such a thing as your wife did fancy; / She wanted a man that she could handle; / You suited, for you're just the thing to dandle. / MORAL. -- He would be a woman's tool, / Will find himself a henpecked fool.
Genre Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject American wit and humor.
Women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Family violence -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Domestic relations -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Punch and Judy -- Caricatures and cartoons.
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Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier Comic Valentines, 4.46