Title |
The Grasping Usurer. |
Publisher |
[New York] : Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St. N.Y. |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
The valentine shows a man holding a bag of money marked "$50,000." The border resembles bank note engraving. |
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 4.29. |
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Usury -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Avarice -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.180.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 4.30 |