| Title |
To a Ship Carpenter. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The ship carpenter has a spike-shaped nose and an anchor tattoo on his hand. He hold an axe stands on a piece of wood, and
a ship frame is behind him.
|
| Notes |
Text: Spike nosed beauty, man of brads/ Drive the nails and fly the adze: / Big head, wide mouthed, lanky hips, / With legs
just like your own spare chips, / For me in vain you thump and chop, / You'll never do for me old block.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Shipbuilding -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.537.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 11.36 |
