Title |
A Belle. |
Publisher |
[New York] : J. Wrigley Publisher, 27 Chatham Street, N.Y. |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
The belle's dress is bell-shaped. She carries a parasol. The valentine uses slang, and it emphasizes that the belle is very
talkative and uses such slang.
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Notes |
Text: My parents named me Is-a-bel, / And fashion says I be a belle; / My clatt'ring tongue thumpbump pell-mell, / The same
to every ear will tell; / Now see my flounces cut a swell, / Now hear the jingle, ding, dong, bell.
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Cf. Valentine 8.37 and Valentine 12.34. |
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Fashion -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Oral communication -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.41.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 1.41 |