| Title |
A Chambermaid. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The valentine shows a woman pulling a sheet over a bed. She smiles and wears a dress and apron. There is a bucket by her foot.
The text quotes an old proverb to suggest a literal meaning for the figurative expression.
|
| Notes |
Text: What pleases you so? you have caught a new beau, / I know by the glance of your eye! / I hope you'll not rue it, but
you know it is true, / "As you make your bed so you must lie."
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Women domestics -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.79.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 2.29 |
