Title |
Rum-Seller. |
Publisher |
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of songs, 54 Chatham Street, New-York. |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
The rum-seller stands at a bar and holds a decanter and a glass. He smiles, and a man smiles in the background. "Tin" is slang
for "money."
|
Notes |
Text: With a gay smiling face or with a sly wink, / Always ready to deal out something to drink: / Smashes, cocktails, and
juleps, rum, brandy or gin, / It's no matter what: you want the Tin.
|
|
Cf. Valentine 9.17. |
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Rum -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Liquors -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Bartenders -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.417.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 9.16 |