| Title |
The Busy Bodies. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The valentine shows two fashionable women holding hands. They wear gowns and have upturned noses. The valentine condemns the
women for their slander, gossip, and spleen [i.e., their ill temper].
|
| Notes |
Text: Envenomed, tattling, mischievous souls, / Whose breath with slander onward rolls, / Your tongues keep going like a bell,
/ But never knew the truth to tell. / The purer the mark, the bolder your attack, / And always deceitful behind one's back;
/ On all you vent your spleen and ire, / Your home should be "the place of fire."
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Gossip -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.65.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 2.15 |
