| Title |
Affection. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : N.Y. Union Valentine Co., No. 134 William St., N.Y. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
"Affection" burlesques domestic disturbance. The husband and wife stand facing each other; she is armed with a sword, and
he holds a riding crop over his head. The room is in disarray, with a chair and a three-legged table overturned. The text
and image suggest that marriage ends in conflict, and the sender attempts to dissuade the recipient from it. Also visible
in the room are a framed picture, a fireplace with a vase of flowers on the mantle and a kettle on the grate, an alarmed cat,
drapery with a tie-back for a multipaned window, and carpeting.
|
| Notes |
Text: O, this is the way 'twill be with us, / When we've been wed a year; / We'll be at it, shovel and tongs, / I promise
you, my dear! / Like the poor cat upon the hearth, / We'll both be in hot water; / The hair will fly, the wife will cry,/
the table fall, the baby squall / And the fire get hot and hotter.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Domestic relations -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.4.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 1.4 |
