Title |
Maiden Aunt. |
Publisher |
[New York] : N.Y. Union Valentine Co., No. 134 William St., N.Y. |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
The maiden aunt has masculine features and wears a bonnet and eyeglasses. A cat sits next to her, and a barrel labeled "vinegar"
and a jar labeled "pickles" are nearby.
|
Notes |
Text: You dear old soul! Every day you grow old, / And your face gives comfort to the vinegar jug; / Your virtues are kept
like pickles, I'm told. / Bottled up in a bosm nobody can hug; / If in glory hereafter your face becomes divine, / What a
miracle must be wrought, O Valentine.
|
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Single women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Aging -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.262.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 6.12 |