| Title |
Long Ear'd Man. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A man has enlarged, bat-like ears, and he eavesdrops from behind a partially opened door. The valentine condemns the recipient's
eavesdropping. "Little pitchers have big ears" is a colloquialism that means that children are listening.
|
| Notes |
Text: What is it makes the people cry, / Whenever you may be near by, / And say be sure he does not hear, / For little pitchers
have big ears.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Listening -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Privacy -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.250.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 5.50 |
