Title |
To a Tailor. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
A tailor sews a pair of breeches. "Goose" refers to a tailor's iron, and "cabbage" refers to the fabric leftover from making
a garment. "Ninth part of man" is a derogatory term for tailors, referencing the saying that nine tailors equal one man.
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Notes |
Text: You stitching elf, don't talk of wealth, / Go eat your Goose and Cabbage, / When had enough, then take your snuff /
Nor think of love and marriage. / Ne'er to a tailor, could I my love resign, / A ninth part of a man is no fit Valentine.
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Cf. Valentine 11.41. |
Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Masculinity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Tailors -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.543.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 11.42 |