| Title |
Model "Hoss" Woman. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The valentine shows a woman riding sidesaddle. The border shows cupids and hearts; one cupid shoots a heart out of a thimble
cannon labeled "Love"; another cupid travels with a heart in a hot-air balloon; and another cupid hammers at a cracked heart
below a heart on a fishhook labeled "Caught." The valentine perhaps suggests that her horsemanship leads to improper contact
with men.
|
| Notes |
Text: Oh! proud must be the noble steed / Yon lady fair that carries, / And sensible the swain, indeed, / For her consent
who tarries. / Blest be the man who on to horse- / Back daily tosses her up, / Toys with her lovely feet, of course, / And
puts it in the stirrup!
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Horsemanship -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.308.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 7.7 |
