Miss Shoddy" -- Vinegar Valentine

New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1870. Very good. Toning with letter folds, spotting, a couple short tears.. A vinegar valentine poking fun at "Miss Shoddy", published by McLoughlin. The image depicts a woman with a large nose at the opera, with a rhyme below that concludes, "You needn't put on such mighty great airs, Your [sic] not so much of a body, For People, who all all about your affairs, Say you're nothing but Little Miss Shoddy!" Measures approx. 9.5" by 7.5". Printed in black with what appears to be stenciled or stamped color on top. Vinegar Valentines (sometimes called Penny Dreadfuls, not to be confused with the identically named cheap serial literature of the same period) were most popular in the Victorian era, and were usually sent anonymously and with a bit of a mean-spiritedness to someone you were not fond of.