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.
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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.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Aging -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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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 |