| Title |
The Literary Man. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The literary man sits at a table. His nose is dark (from drinking?) and he cradles his head with a hand holding a quill. In
one corner of the table is a spike with papers through it (i.e., bills?) and on the other corner is a book titled Webster
(i.e., Webster's Dictionary?). His trashcan is full, and the valentine suggests that it is difficult for him to write and
what he does write is of low quality.
|
| Notes |
Text: With slipshod feet, and coat with elbows out, / You daily sit, and with your scribbling quill, / Indite strange tales
and trashy stuff, with which / Poor idle maids their simple minds may fill.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Authors -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Intellectuals -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.246.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 5.46 |
