| Title |
Convenient Fashion. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of songs, 54 Chatham Street, N.Y. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The valentine shows a woman entering a carriage and a man standing behind. Her crinoline pulls up her skirt, hitting the man
in the head and revealing her legs to him.
|
| Notes |
Text: Go in, my dear-- go it with a rush, / And never mind the hat; / It is not often that I see / So big a leg as that. |
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Clothing and dress -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Body weight -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Exhibitionism -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Crinolines -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.94.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 2.44 |
