| Title |
The Mason. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The mason holds a trowel and a bottle marked "brick." The text refers to his putting a brick in his hat on Saturday night
(slang for getting drunk). 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: Among the brick the mason revels. / With his trowel and line, his levels and bevels, / He bricks up this, and he bricks
up that, / And, on Saturday night, puts a brick in his hat.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Bricklayers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.268.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 6.18 |
