| Title |
Boarding House Landlady. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The Boarding House Landlady has pointed teeth, a hooked nose, and grimaces. She holds a long bill marked "Board bill" and
points to trunk marked "SAM." Behind her is a sign that reads "Boarding." She wears an apron, bonnet, and red shawl.
|
| Notes |
Text: Behold yourself! Mistress of Starvation Hall, / Whose beds are like boards-- as hard as a wall; / You who stint your
poor boarders of what's on the table, / And make your bill as long as ever your able.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Boardinghouses -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Avarice -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Landladies -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.49.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 1.49 |
