Details
Title To a Stonecutter.
Publisher [S.l. : s.n.]
Date [between 1840 and 1880?]
Description The stonecutter holds a mallet and chisel and stands in front of a large slab of stone which the text suggests is a sarcophagus. He sticks out his tongue and has sharp teeth.
Notes Text: What a sweet face is here display'd -- / To charm a young girl, a widow or maid, / Oh! St. Valentine, run away quick, / From this beauteous visage, that makes one sick. / Hammer away! my cutter of stones, / Be they for living or dead men's bones; / Ply the mallet and chisel-- look grim, / What will it matter for her or for him.
Genre Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject American wit and humor.
Stone-cutting -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Sarcophagi -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Has format TMP.objres.540.jpg
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier Comic Valentines, 11.39