A Chambermaid. American wit and humor. Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. Women domestics -- Caricatures and cartoons. Premarital sex -- Caricatures and cartoons. A chambermaid holds a candle and shows a room to a man. The text suggests that she is promiscuous. Text: A chambermaid! Pray what’s the use, / Of such a giggling, silly goose? / Whose chief employment, so ‘tis said, / Is showing folks the way to bed! Provenance: Helfand, William H.. [S.l. : s.n.] [between 1840 and 1880?] Caricatures and cartoons. Comic valentines. digitool:77440 Comic Valentines, 14.23