Title |
Oh! My Hoops. |
Publisher |
[New York] : J. Wrigley, Publisher, 27 Chatham Street, N.Y. |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A woman wears a hoop skirt and floats above the ground. Two men look up at her through a grate, and another man looks at her
from a window. A street lamp with a face smiles at her. The sender mocks the recipient's exhibitionism.
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Notes |
Text: Oft when seated in the Park, / You wonder what attracts each spark. / To turn and look with such surprise; / "I wonder
what attracts all eyes?"/ Alas, alas you little know, / What a show you make below.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Crinolines -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Exhibitionism -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Clothing and dress -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
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Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 7.44 |