| Title |
To a Grocer. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The grocer stands at a counter and holds a knife in his right hand and extends his left hand. A wheel of cheese is on the
counter, and there are containers marked "tea," and "gun" behind him. Another barrel is marked "yhyson" [i.e. "physon" or
"physan"], and a barrel marked "gin" is on the floor.
|
| Notes |
Text: Grocer, cheese, and butter dealer, / Sausage seller, and corn mealer-- / Liquor mixer, sugar sander; / In Sunday clothes--
great Alexander / Never thought himself so fine, / As you-- ass-headed, VALENTINE!
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Pride and Vanity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Grocers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.525.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 11.24 |
