| Title |
The Old Fogie. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of songs and ballads, 54 Chatham Str. N.Y. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The valentine shows a large-chested man walking in a field. He holds a top hat. |
| Notes |
Text: You conceited old fogie, with face of Brass, / By nature intended for an ass; / But ape the Biped of two-legged kind,
/ With stomach, all a bag of wind. / Seek for thy wife in Afies clime, / And be her faithful Valentine.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Aging -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Older men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.352.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 8.1 |
