Title |
Waddling pyramid you go, |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A woman wears a coat and a large-skirted gown that make her triangle-shaped. The valentine mocks the hoop skirt trend for
the cage-like appearance of crinolines and the dirt the large skirts attracted in the streets.
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Notes |
Text: Waddling pyramid you go, / Flounce flouncing in the snow; / Pretty lady do not rage, / When I say you're in a cage,
/ By a lot of hoops secured -- / Of it, I am well assured. / Head, of course, is left outside, / Bonnet on your back doth
ride; / Sweep away the side-walks clean, / Of street sweepers, you're the queen.
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Cf. Valentine 1.41 and Valentine 8.37. |
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Cleanliness -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Crinolines -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Clothing and dress -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.585.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 12.34 |