| Title |
Jolly Jack |
| Publisher |
[New York] : N.Y. Union Valentine Co., No. 134 William St., N. |
| Date |
[not before 1862] |
| Description |
The valentine depicts a man in a sailor's uniform holding a glass in one hand and a "greenback," or a paper dollar bill, in
the other. The sender rejects the recipient because of his promiscuity and drinking, which it connects with his love of money,
specifically paper currency.
|
| Notes |
Text: Loves nothing as well as a good greenback / Except it be his grog: / And the first he'll waste on the sauciest back,
/ On the second get drunk as a hog / Alack, Jolly Jack! / Why can't you leave off both women and wine? / Then I'd give you
a kiss full of true love's bliss, / And ever call you my own Valentine.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Sailors -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Promiscuity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Greenbacks -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
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| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 5.28 |
