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Soft headed self loving rake.
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William H. Helfand Comic Valentine Collection
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Title
Soft headed self loving rake.
Publisher
[S.l. : s.n.]
Date
[between 1840 and 1880?]
Description
A man stands inside a room with a heart-shaped padlock over the fly of his pants. His wife is peering around the door. The valentine suggests that his wife locks him up to prevent him from seeing other women.
Notes
Text: Soft headed self loving rake, / This the precaution I would take, / To bind you fast, and keep you true, / If I were wedded unto you. / For if you’d follow every bonnet, / Your TRUNK must have a lock upon it. / So know your fate if you’d be mine, / To padlock’d be, my Valentine.
"No. 3"
Genre
Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject
American wit and humor.
Adultery -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Masculinity -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Has format
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Provenance
Helfand, William H..
Identifier
Comic Valentines, 16.17
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William H. Helfand Comic Valentine Collection
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