Title |
A Stingy Man. |
Publisher |
[New York] : J. Wrigley, Publisher, 27 Chatham Street. N.Y. |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A man holds a fork with a fish on it over a fire. Next to the fire are a small sauce pan and toasting fork. A cat stands behind
the chair.
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Notes |
Text: Mean, snivelling, sneaking, garret bred, / Cat-lick'ed, and shotten herring fed; / What right can such a thing as you,
/ Presume a woman's love to woo? / Starve where you may, this picture see, / Poor drivelling knave, you don't starve me.
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Cf. 6.31. |
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Misers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Kitchen utensils -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.478.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 10.27 |