| Title |
Butcher Boy. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The butcher boy has cow's head and wears an apron covered in blood. He holds a large knife and a sharpener. Behind him is
a tub labeled "Blood Tub.". 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." "Bowery butcher boy" may refer to the Bowery Bh'oys, and "pluck" can mean animal innards. The valentine
suggests that violence will not bother the recipient.
|
| Notes |
Text: How are you? Bowery butcher boy, / I wish you every luck : / Our calf's head scarce will you annoy, / While you possess
the Pluck!
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Five Points (New York, N.Y.) -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Butchers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.67.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 2.17 |
