| Title |
A Swan. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A ice skating woman with her legs turned in flails her arms to regain her balance. Her skirt billows up to reveal her legs.
The border features a woman embracing a man; the pair resemble Commedia dell'arte characters. At the bottom is a pack of matches
marked "Lucifer's matches."
|
| Notes |
Text: Though puggy of nose and void of grace, / Lanky of limb -- in feature wan; / The thought with each must have a place,
/ That something you are like the swan. / Ask not of me the reason why, / 'Tis breathed upon the chilly wind; / 'Tis echo'd
by the skater's cry, / "A Swan! see, down on her behind!"
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Ice skating -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Clumsiness -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Exhibitionism -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.481.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 10.30 |
