Oh! My Hoops.
American wit and humor.
Crinolines -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Exhibitionism -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Clothing and dress -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
A woman wears a hoop skirt and floats above the ground. Two men look up at her through a grate, and another man looks at her from a window. A street lamp with a face smiles at her. The sender mocks the recipient's exhibitionism.
Text: Oft when seated in the Park, / You wonder what attracts each spark. / To turn and look with such surprise; / "I wonder what attracts all eyes?"/ Alas, alas you little know, / What a show you make below.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
[New York] : J. Wrigley, Publisher, 27 Chatham Street, N.Y.
[between 1840 and 1880?]
Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
digitool:5999
Comic Valentines, 7.44