Title |
Lady of the House. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
The lady of the house wears a fashionable gown and holds her head at a haughty angle. Behind her, another woman washes clothing
in a large tub. The woman at the washtub is probably the employee of the lady of the house. The valentine mocks the woman's
social pretensions as unjustifiable given her role as someone who minds a stand (i.e., works in a small commercial enterprise).
|
Notes |
Text: The lady of the house, so grand, / With head stuck up, and airs refin'd, / She quite forgets that little stand, / Which
all day long she had to mind.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Social classes -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Laundry -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.237.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 5.37 |