Title |
A Shoemaker. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A shoemaker sits joining a leather upper to the sole of a shoe. Awls and other tools lie on the bench next to him. The text
suggests that his lapstone (a tool for beating leather) is as large as his heart -- if he has a heart -- and advises him
to forego marriage.
|
Notes |
Text: My jolly old cobbler! with heart, if you've got one, / Which I'm certain you have as large as your lapstone, / Dont
think to get married, but still in content, / Try to make your ends meet, and pull out for the rent.
|
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Shoemakers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Man-woman relationships -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.445.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 9.44 |