Marriage
This cartoon, satirizing Victorian views on marriage, was published in Punch on May 18, 1872.
It reads:
No. 1 (having her hair done). “Papa says he won’t hear of my marriage without a house in town!”
No. 2 (has Tea). “And mamma says I’m no to think of anyone who has not a moor in Scotland, and a Hunting Box at Melton.”
No. 3 (not yet “come out”). “Well I should not dream of marrying anyone who can’t afford all three!”