| Title |
Dry Good Clerk. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : J. Wrigley Publisher, 27 Chatham Street, N.Y. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The valentine shows a woman and a man facing each other across a counter. He holds out a yellow piece of fabric for her to
examine.
|
| Notes |
Text: Sir Foppleton Frisk of folded shreds, / Silks, Satins, Laces, Cottons, Threads, / How oft I say "oh! did I ever," /
My heart breathes quickly "No I never."
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Clerks (Retail trade) -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Textile fabrics -- Marketing -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.131.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 3.31 |
