| Title |
An Old Granny. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The valentine shows an old man wearing sleeping clothes and a headscarf. A bowl marked "gruel" is on the table behind him,
and he stands near a pile of bedding. The term "granny" mocks the recipient for being both old and effeminate, and the sender
ridicules the recipient for thinking he can find a young wife.
|
| Notes |
Text: Gouty and toothless, one foot in the grave, / You would like a young wife to make her a slave; / If you've luck you
may get one, and if so, so be it -- / But for me, my dear granny, I can not see it.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
Older men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Masculinity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
American wit and humor. |
|
Gender roles. |
|
Queer history. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.353.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 8.2 |
