A slave to Fashion's tyrant laws,
Beard, Frank, 1842-1905, ill.
American wit and humor.
Women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Dandies -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Fashion -- Caricatures and cartoons.
A woman wears a tapered, bustled, ruffled skirt that forces her to bend forward in the Grecian Bend. She holds a small parasol and wears a hat. The valentine mocks the recipient for thinking her fashionable dress is attractive to men. The Grecian Bend style of bustle became popular after 1869.
Text: A slave to Fashion's tyrant laws, / You court each silly fop's applause; / Did you but know what I can see, / How shocked, I fancy, you would be. / You will, I hope, leave off this style, / Your dress provokes a pitying smile.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
[S.l. : s.n.]
[after 1869?]
Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
digitool:6122
Comic Valentines, 10.4