The Wasp — 1894 — page 270: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon depicts a domestic confrontation between two women and a man. Miss Heywaite threatens to expose the man (Mr. Featherbrain) if he attempts to kiss her, invoking her sister Susan's aid. Sister Susan responds that the man "does need help" and presents Featherbrain with a dilemma: whom should he call—the coachman or a policeman? The satire targets a would-be seducer caught between consequences. "A Lothario Baked" (the title suggesting his romantic schemes are finished/exposed) mocks a man of questionable character attempting improper advances while the women exercise agency by threatening public scandal. The humor relies on Victorian anxieties about propriety, reputation, and the social power women could wield through threatened disclosure.