Late Courtship.
American wit and humor.
Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Aging -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Premarital sex -- Caricatures and cartoons.
The valentine shows a couple kissing. The clock on the wall indicates that it's one o'clock, and a candle burns nearby. His receding hairline and her staid demeanor suggest that they are older than the norm for courtship. Thus, the late courtship is literally late-at-night and possibly an object of ridicule given their ages.
Text: As you daintly sip the dews from her lips, / Both time and the hours scorning, / You sit all night in gay delight, / And don't go home 'till morning.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
[S.l. : s.n.]
[between 1840 and 1880?]
Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
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Comic Valentines, 5.38