| Title |
Country Storekeeper. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The storekeeper daintly holds a napkin in one hand and pours coffee on the table with the other. He is thin, has thick catfish-like
whiskers, and opens his mouth either yelling or shocked. A vase and a book are on the counter in front of him. A "codfish"
was a wealthy New Englander whose family fortune originated in maritime business.
|
| Notes |
Text: Magnificent merchant! you much I admire, / O! you prince of the counter -- you odd fish! / No doubt in the future I'll
see you aspire / To a place 'mong the regular codfish.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Social classes -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Merchants -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Country life -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.107.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 3.7 |
