| Title |
The Tailor. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A tailor rides on a goose, has a head of cabbage on his back, and holds a bat that reads "The Ninth or Lousy." "Goose" refers
to a tailor's iron, and "cabbage" refers to the fabric leftover from making a garment, which tailors were often accused of
stealing. "Ninth part of man" is a derogatory term for tailors, referencing the saying that nine tailors equal one man.
|
| Notes |
Text: O! ninth of man, straighten up if you can, / And go get astride of your goose; / Your cabbaging art has lost you my
heart, / I find all your habits are loose.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Tailors -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.486.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 10.35 |
