One of the Upper Ten.
American wit and humor.
Social classes -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Single women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
A woman walks in front a much smaller man, presumably her servant, who holds a bundle. "Upper Ten" is a term for the wealthy elite, or "Upper Ten Thousand." The sender mocks the recipient for not marrying.
Text: Though dress'd in ribbons, silks, and laces, / And midst the Upper Ten your place is; / You surely should you silly elf, / Find some poor man to share your pelf.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
[S.l. : s.n.]
[between 1840 and 1880?]
Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
digitool:6019
Comic Valentines, 8.12