Title |
Express-Man. |
Publisher |
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of songs, 54 Chatham Street, N.Y. |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A man is seated in a cart pulled by a running horse. Two ships are in the background, one with a steam engine, and one with
masts and sails. The valentine implies that the recipient presses the sender to engage in premarital sex. The sender rejects
him because she does not believe he will marry her.
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Notes |
Text: G'lang ole hoss -- high up, my spunky one! / Show 'em you'll do it -- can't you, though -- get on! / Allow me, sir,
to interrupt you, -- do: / And, as you are, I will be EXPRESS, too; / I can't be pressed to favor your address, / And trust
you'll make your pressing suit EX-PRESS.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Postal service -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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English language -- Provinicialisms -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.140.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 3.40 |