Getting ready for the boarders.

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Title: Getting ready for the boarders.
Date: 184-?]
Notes: A woman sits at a dining table, using a chisel and axe to cut the food in front of her while a scrawny cat watches from the floor. Sign on the wall in the background reads "We try to please at as little expence as possible."; Text beneath title: Preparing for the boarders!--Poor victims, what a feast / Will confront them when the sun displays his features in the east; / With what grim determination they will have to face their meal, / And how they will be longing that their jaws were made of steel!
Names and Subjects: Caricatures and cartoons--United States.; Lodging houses--1840-1850.; Poetry--1840-1850.; Vinegar valentines.; Prints shelf.
Genre: Satires (Visual works) 1840-1850.; Lithographs Color 1840-1850.
ID: 9056
Barcode: B5235644
Physical Description: 1 print : lithograph, color ; 22.8 x 17.0 cm.
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2022-03-04 15:12:07

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Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
Image Size: 5024 x 5818
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 9056
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-9056/wcl009131

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