Title |
A Grocer. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A grocer stands at a counter and holds a piece of food. Behind him is a pile with rounds marked "cheese", "live", and "oil."
On the other side of the counter stands a small child and a container marked "sour milk." The valentine accuses the recipient
of selling rotten foods.
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Notes |
Text: You doubly green old grocer, go, / With teeth blue as your indigo; / Your milk's as sour as your face, / Your cheeks
hang down in mouldy grace, / Where pimple worms sport round with ease, / Just like the maggots in your cheese; / Your foul
meats, like your green eyes, shine, / You carrion of a Valentine.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Grocers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Food poisoning -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.183.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 4.33 |