| Title |
Paper-hanger. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of songs and ballads, Toy-Books &c. 54 Chatham Str. N.Y. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A man applies paste to wallpaper. A tub marked paste is behind him, and scrolls of wallpaper surround him. |
| Notes |
Text: You look so well with brush and paste, / And pipe stuck in your jaw! / The lady has a shabby taste, / Who could refuse
your paw, / A man like thee who quickly can / Clothe in fair beauty's dress / Her mansion walls, and stately halls / In robes
of loveliness.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Paperhanging -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.372.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 8.21 |
