Details
Title When ancient damsels take to ice,
Publisher [New York] : N.Y. Union Valentine Co., 134 Wm. St.
Date [between 1840 and 1880?]
Description A woman ice skates. She has a headdress and curls along her forehead that resemble Ancient Greek styles.
Notes Text: When ancient damsels take to ice, / The fire of youth no longer shines, / And they should quit this poor device / For catching cold and Valentines.
Genre Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject American wit and humor.
Ice skating -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Older women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
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Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier Comic Valentines, 12.46