Title |
Counter Jumper. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
The counter jumper sits at desk and writes in a ledger. Ledgers marked "Cash" and "day" are on a shelf above his desk, and
some of the letters face the wrong direction. The sender mocks the recipient's inflated sense of self-worth as a ladies' man.
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Notes |
Text: Behind the counter, like an ape, / You grin and measure off your tape, / And put on winning ways, / While the ladies
laugh aside, / At your folly and your pride, / And scorn your silly praise. / You think that every lady is inclin'd / To take
you for her Valentine.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Clerks -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Pride and vanity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.102.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 3.2 |