| Title |
The Grasping Usurer |
| Publisher |
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of songs, 54 Chatham Str. N.Y. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A man sitting at a table holds a bag marked "50,500." More bags fill a bin on the table marked "CASH." A letter holder is
mounted on the wall behind him.
|
| Notes |
Text: You grasping Usurer, you rascally Knave, Master of Wealth, yet still its slave! / For worlds I would not link my name
with [thine] : For, gold can't purchase a true / Valentine.
|
|
Cf. Valentine 4.30. |
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Usury -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Avarice -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.179.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 4.29 |
