| Title |
The Ladies Man. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : J. Wrigley Publisher, 27 Chatham Street, N.Y. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The valentine shows the fashionably dressed ladies man with a woman on each arm. He is able to attract women's attention,
but the valentine suggest that this attention effeminizes him, as actions like holding shawls and flirting fans are feminine.
|
| Notes |
Text: At church or concert, ball or rout, / You're always sure to be about / To hold a shawl or flirt a fan; / My pretty little
"ladies man."
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Masculinity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Promiscuity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.234.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 5.34 |
