Title |
Dry Good Clerk. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
The valentine depicts a dry goods clerk standing behind a counter. A much smaller woman faces him. A pair of gloves and bolt
of fabric are on the counter. "Tin" is slang for money, and the sender mocks the recipient's financial status, suggesting
that he would have to steal from the till to have enough money for a proper Valentine offering.
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Notes |
Text: Just brains enough to measure tape, / And base enough to lie; / You're born to measure calico, / And leer in Woman's
eye. / But when I want a Valentine, / I'll call and let you know, / That you may steal enough of "tin," / To make a proper
show.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Clerks (Retail trade) -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Thieves -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.130.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 3.30 |