Title |
Engineer. |
Publisher |
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of songs and ballads, 54 Chatham Str. N.Y. |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A man clings to a steam train's chimney with a frowning human face. Another man holds a flag in the background. The valentine
possibly comments on sexual ethics.
|
Notes |
Text: Over the break-necks fiendlike plunging, / Car'less what ill you may entail, / If you're not cautious with your engine,
/ We'll ride you on another rail!
|
|
Cf. 3.37. |
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Locomotive engineers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Sexual ethics -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.136.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 3.36 |