| Title |
Would-Be Woman. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A man smokes and wears both men's and women's clothing, including a skirt, a top hat, breeches, and a coat and jacket. His
has mutton chops. The border features a woman embracing a man; the pair resemble Commedia dell'arte characters. At the bottom
is a pack of matches marked "Lucifer's matches." "Guv," or govenor is slang for "boss."
|
| Notes |
Text: Some chaps are seen / For crinoline / By Nature's hand adapted; / No woman's love / To such is "guv," / Their hearts
are never tapped at.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
Crinolines -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Man-woman relationships -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Masculinity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
American wit and humor. |
|
Gender transgression. |
|
Gender non-conforming people. |
|
Gender-nonconforming people. |
|
Queer history. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.612.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 13.11 |
