| Title |
Trying to Skate. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A man on ice skates has one foot off the ground. His hat has fallen off. The border shows cupids and hearts; one cupid shoots
a heart out of a thimble cannon labeled "Love"; another cupid travels with a heart in a hot-air balloon; and another cupid
hammers at a cracked heart below a heart on a fishhook labeled "Caught."
|
| Notes |
Text: Dame nature thus has well decreed, / "Fools go where wise men fear to tread;" / You've lost your hat-- and dropp'd your
weed, / Go home before you lose your head. / A head which though 'tis not much used, / Except to hang a hat, or nod; / By
mortal should not be abused, / E'en cabbage-heads are works of God.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Ice skating -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Winter sports injuries -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.563.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 12.12 |
