| Title |
Sporting and Spending. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A man smokes and sits with his leg on a table. A wine glass and a tankard are on the table. "Three-balls" is slang for a
pawnbroker.
|
| Notes |
Text: Go on, go on, with your sporting and spending, / You'll last as long as your uncle is lending; / Two chances to one,
like his three-ball sign, / Your end will be at the end of a line.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Debt -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Prodigals (Law) -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.476.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 10.25 |
