| Title |
Prize Medal Skater. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
An ice skater kicks out one leg and holds a cigarette and a "prize medal." The sender suggests that the recipient deserves
a kick in the rear instead of a medal. 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: With your kicks and your capers, / You are very small papers-- / The prize-medal you've taken, I find; / I'm in great
doubt, whether / A medal of leather, / Wouldn't suit you far better behind-- / If you think it would suit, / From the toe
of a boot, / You can have it, whenever your mind.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Ice skating -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.393.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 8.42 |
