Title |
Long Shanks. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A tall, thin women holds a fan. "Long shanks" is slang for "long legs," and the valentine mocks the recipient's height. |
Notes |
Text: At length my love appears a-long, / So long I do aver; / Her passion towers --and I'd be wrong / Should I a-spire like
her.
|
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Tall women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.251.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 6.1 |