Advice to Noblemen, When Speaking to Your Fiancée’s Father Assume an Easy Posture, and Adopt a Friendly Manner

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Advice to Noblemen, When Speaking to Your Fiancée’s Father Assume an Easy Posture, and Adopt a Friendly Manner
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Advice to Noblemen, When Speaking to Your Fiancée’s Father Assume an Easy Posture, and Adopt a Friendly Manner

Date1903
Illustration CitationColler’s Weekly, May 9, 1903, p.12-13.
MediumInk and graphite on board
Dimensions20 1/8 × 28 7/8 in. (51.1 × 73.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Post family, 2023
Object number2023-70
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Label TextThis cartoon speaks to the Gilded Age phenomenon of wealthy Americans marrying impoverished European noblemen.
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