| Title |
Hog on Ice |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A man with a hog's head ice skates. He carries a walking stick and wears fashionable clothes, suggesting that he is a dandy.
The word "cove" is slang for fellow, and the expression "hog on ice" suggests lack of grace and control. The border features
a woman embracing a man; the pair resemble Commedia dell'arte characters. At the bottom is a pack of matches marked "Lucifer's
matches."
|
| Notes |
Text: I love to lie in the shady grove, / In the arms of him whose heart I prize; / Or 'neath the skimm'ring moon to rove,
/ And gaze into his lustrous eyes. / O'er the frozen pool to glide I love, / With him whose love is past all price; / Get
out, Pork-Chops! you're not the cove, / 'Tis not with you, you Hog on Ice!
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| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Ice skating -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Dandies -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.201.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 5.1 |
