Title |
To a Shoe Dealer. |
Publisher |
[New York] : J. Wrigley, Publisher, 27 Chatham Street N.Y. |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A man kneels holding a shoe, and a woman's foot is on a stool, with skirt thrown back revealing her leg. The man says "How
high would you like it Miss." The valentine criticizes the inappropriate physical contact between shoe dealers and their female
customers.
|
Notes |
Text: Let me teach you, foolish gaby, / When you wait upon a Lady, / Not to foolish jokes intrude, / Such conduct to a Lady's
rude.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Man-woman relationships -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Shoe stores -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.538.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 11.37 |