The Wasp — 1877 — page 103: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page presents six satirical panels using playing-card suits as organizational markers. The top panels appear to mock romantic sentimentality and courtship rituals of the era. The middle panels shift to social commentary—one depicts what appears to be violence or criminal activity (clubs suit), while another shows a graveyard scene (spades suit). The lower half, labeled "HUMOR," contains two domestic scenes with exaggerated physical comedy. The left panel shows a woman on a pedestal being admired, while the right depicts slapstick chaos—possibly commenting on marriage dynamics or household management. Without additional context about specific 1880s-1890s events or personalities, the precise targets of satire remain unclear, though the overall tone mocks social pretension and marital/romantic folly common to period humor.