| Title |
Long Shanks. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of songs, 54 Chatham Street, N.Y. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
"Long shanks" is slang for "long legs," and the valentine mocks the recipient for his tall stature. "Barnum" refers to P.T.
Barnum, the circus founder.
|
| Notes |
Text: Your little bullet head, and legs so very long / Remind me very strongly of a pair of tongs; / Your shape's so very
odd, you really make me laugh; / I think if Barnum had you, he would call you the Giraffe.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Tall people -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.252.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 6.2 |
