Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Telegraphy, Gender, Domestic Economy, Superstition

    Shows a woman standing on a stool on the flat area between the roofs of two houses. Above her are some telegraph lines on which she has evidently been hanging her washing. Much to her surprise, she sees a large cloth hanging on the line with a message from her husband. The illustration plays on contemporary perceptions that messages sent through lines were inscribed on tangible objects such as rolled up pieces of paper.