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William H. Helfand Comic Valentine Collection
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Title
Pug-nosed smoking boy, look here,
Publisher
[S.l. : s.n.]
Date
[between 1840 and 1880?]
Description
A boy wearing a cap and short jacket is smoking. He stands in front of a house. His toes are turned in and his elbows stick out. The valentine criticizes the recipient for smoking and having a ridiculous appearance.
Notes
Text: Pug-nosed smoking boy, look here, / How quaint your visage, and how queer, / With turned in knees, and turned in toes, / Rach little boy cries “There he goes.” / And so you may, my little man, / Try all you think, do all you can / Mixture of man, and boy, and swine, / Now don’t you think you look divine?
Genre
Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject
American wit and humor.
Cigar smoking -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Pride and vanity -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Young men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Has format
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Provenance
Helfand, William H..
Identifier
Comic Valentines, 16.6
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William H. Helfand Comic Valentine Collection
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