| Title |
You Puppy. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A man with a dog's head stands with straight posture in front of a table with a puppy on it. "Puppy" is slang for "dandy."
Steel collars were used to straighten children's posture, and "brass collar" means a partisan with unwavering political allegiance.
The valentine mocks the recipient for being more concerned with improving his posture and appearance than with politics and
loyalty. The border features matches, a heart-shaped beet, and cherubs playing tennis and tug o' war. The label on the matchbox
reads "Red-headed matches go off easy," and the beet is marked "D.B." [i.e. "dead beat" or "dead beet"].
|
| Notes |
Text: In this inventive age / Steel collars the rage / For "gents" who are decidedly hard-up; / But it strikes me there's
a class / For worn collars made of brass / Would be fitter -- and you're one of them, you Pup!
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Dandies -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.626.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 13.25 |
