| Title |
Scolding Wife. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of songs, 54 Chatham Street, N.Y. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A buck-toothed woman holds a rolling pin over a man's head, and the image resembles a "Punch and Judy" puppet show. |
| Notes |
Text: Who will marry such a termagant wife, The plague of her own poor husband's life? / Who distorts all her features with
anger and rage, / Yet can't tell the reason why, I'll engage. / To others I such charms resign, You ne'er can be my Valen[tine].
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Wives -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Punch and Judy -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Domestic relations -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Family violence -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.432.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 9.31 |
