| Title |
The House-Maid. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : J. Wrigley, Publisher, 27 Chatham Street. N.Y. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The house-maid blacks a boot in a kitchen, where the tea pot and kettle have faces. "To have one's swing" means "to allow
oneself every freedom." The valentine possibly accuses the maid of having more energy for playing with sweethearts than for
her work.
|
| Notes |
Text: Dirty, ugly, vulgar, pert, / So begrimed with grease and dirt, / I vow that I should afraid of, / Seeing what that MAID
is MADE of / Tho' call'd MAID OF ALL WORK! they / Say you're often MADE OF PLAY. / And when sweethearts you've your swing
/ The MAID is quite a different thing.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Women domestics -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Lust -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Laziness -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Hygiene -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.208.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 5.8 |
