Title |
Tailor and Patron Bird. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A simian tailor rides on a goose and holds a pair of scissors. "Goose" refers to a tailor's iron, and "the ninth part of a
man" is a derogatory term for tailors, referencing the saying that nine tailors equal one man.
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Notes |
Text: I see them coming -- my prophetic muse / Beholds each tailor riding on a goose, / And when in order ranked I see the
nine, / I'll thank my stars that I've one Valentine / Romantic Tailor, ninth part of man, / Be all my Valentine a tailor can;
/ Little than none, is better to endure, / And for a whole one I but want eight more.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Tailors -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Masculinity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Man-woman relationships -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.487.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 10.36 |