Title |
Rum Sucker. |
Publisher |
[New York] : Wrigley Publisher, 27 Chatham Street, N.Y. |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A man sits at a table and drinks rum through a straw. A bartender stands at a bar in the background. "Sucker" refers to both
an excessive drinker and an easily cheated person.
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Notes |
Text: A sucker, when you were young, / A sucker, when older you've grown; / And thus, in good sooth, is plain for to see /
No matter, how old, a sucker you'll be.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Rum -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Alcoholism -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.419.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 9.18 |