"We've Not Come to That Yet"

Caption: She. "I was so glad to hear of your Marriage! Do come to use and bring your Wife. By the way, what is your Name now?" He. "Oh, I haven't changed my Name. It's She, you know!"

 

This Punch cartoon shows a woman talking to a man about his recent marriage, suggesting that he would be the one to change his last name as opposed to the woman. The man corrects her in this assumption, making it clear that his wife had been the one to change her name. This conversation, when paired with the cartoon's title, implies a derisive relief that no matter how far the New Woman has gone in Victorian society, at least she has not tainted traditional marriage rituals "yet."

 

Artist Unknown. “We’ve Not Come to That Yet.” Cartoon. Punch Magazine. 6 October 1894. p. 167. 

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6 Oct 1894