Title |
A Painter. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
The painter paints a wall green. Mucus drips from his nose. A ladder is set up behind him. The text derides him for being
a house painter rather than an artist, and for the odors that cling to him.
|
Notes |
Text: A PAINTER you! you surely jest-- / You're but a dauber at the best; / Your very breath it makes me faint, So strong
it stinks of oil and paint. / What girl can love, do you suppose, / Your empty head and putty nose? / So pester me no longer,
pray, / But with your stink-pot walk away.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Painters -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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House painters -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.371.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 8.20 |