| Title |
Late Courtship. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The valentine shows a couple kissing. The clock on the wall indicates that it's one o'clock, and a candle burns nearby.
His receding hairline and her staid demeanor suggest that they are older than the norm for courtship. Thus, the late courtship
is literally late-at-night and possibly an object of ridicule given their ages.
|
| Notes |
Text: As you daintly sip the dews from her lips, / Both time and the hours scorning, / You sit all night in gay delight, /
And don't go home 'till morning.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Aging -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Premarital sex -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.238.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 5.38 |
