| Title |
A Chattering Magpie. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A female domestic servant peers over a wall and gossips with another servant. A magpie in the background emphasizes the irritating
nature of the servants' chatter and suggests that, like the magpie, the servants may also be thieves. Spleen refers to anger
or a foul mood. Hecate is a Greek goddess associated with magic and crossroads and is often depicted as a hag or crone.
|
| Notes |
Text: A chattering magpie is a hateful creature, / With spleen and malice marked in every feature, / Forever gossiping with
thy hateful crew, / I’d sooner wed old Hecate than love you.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Women domestics -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Gossip -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.104.jpg |
| Provenance |
Helfand, William H.. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 14.25 |
