Bloomerism in practice : the morning after the victory / A.W.

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Title: Bloomerism in practice : the morning after the victory / A.W.
Date: 1851]
Notes: Interior scene with a woman (Mrs. Turkey) sitting on the arm of a rocking chair in a lounging outfit, smoking. A puff of smoke above her head contains the message, "For President, Mrs. Turkey!" A man (Mr. Turkey) is sitting in the rocking chair, hunched over while mending a coat. Mrs. Turkey's conventional dress lies discarded in the left foreground. A young boy stands in the right foreground, crying and holding a sign that reads, "No more Papa & Mama." Two women (a cook and a maid) enter the room through a doorway in the center background, wearing bloomer costumes and holding signs reading, "No more basement & kitchen" and "No more massa & missus." A hanging, framed document partially visible in upper left background refers to women's rights.; Printed in lower margin: "Mrs. Turkey reposing on her laurels, waiting for breakfast. Mr. Turkey mending his coat-tail. Enters Master Turkey crying, 'Oh Ma! Breakfast will never be ready, for Biddy says she wants to do like Missus, and won't cook anymore, sez she!' (First disappointment.)"; Printed in upper left corner: Pl. 17.
Names and Subjects: Clothing and dress--Social aspects--United States--History.; Women--Conduct of life--Caricatures and cartoons.; Bloomers--1850-1860.; Caricatures and cartoons--United States.; Humbug's American Museum series.; Prints shelf.
Genre: Satires (Visual works) 1850-1860.; Lithographs 1850-1860.
ID: 276
Barcode: B4878542
Physical Description: 1 print : lithograph ; 30.3 x 24.2 cm.
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2016-01-06 00:03:58

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Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
Image Size: 3639 x 3637
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 276
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