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hissy / hissy fit (paid)

Dave Wilton

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Cartoon drawing of a woman throwing a tantrum and destroying furniture with a hammer
1862 caricature of Christina Rossetti throwing a hissy fit after having read a Times review of her poetry; drawn by her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The handwritten text reads: “‘Miss Rossetti can point to work which could not easily be mended.” Times.”