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.
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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.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Boardinghouses -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Avarice -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Landladies -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.49.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 1.49 |