Title |
Lazy Woman. |
Publisher |
[New York] : J. Wrigley Publisher, 27 Chatham Street, N.Y. |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A woman stands next to her bed and holds up a blanket. Her low-cut gown reveals part of her breasts, and her crinoline tilts
back to reveal her petticoats. The sender rejects the recipient, and the valentine connects lazy women with immodesty.
|
Notes |
Text: Crawling out at ten o'clock, / Hurry girl, put on your frock / You're a sleepy head I see, / So you'll never do for
me.
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Cf. Valentine 3.39. |
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Laziness -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.241.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 5.41 |