Details
Title House Maid.
Publisher [New York] : J. Wrigley Publisher, 27 Chatham Street. N.Y.
Date [between 1840 and 1880?]
Description The housemaid looks in the mirror and ties her bonnet. Her crinoline is visible through the skirt she wears, and a broom rests against a bureau. The maid probably wears her mistress's clothing. The valentine satirizes the house maid's vanity.
Notes Text: O, my missus! don't I beat her? / Ain't the pink upon me sweeter? / I should sit upon the sophy, / And Missus Jones should make the coffee.
Cf. 2.13.
Genre Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject American wit and humor.
Women domestics -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Social classes -- Caricatures and cartoons.
English language -- Provinicialisms -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Pride and vanity -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Has format TMP.objres.207.jpg
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier Comic Valentines, 5.7