Title |
Cabbage, the Tailor. |
Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
Description |
The tailor has a cabbage for a head. He irons cloth and sits on a sign that reads " Cabbage, tailor, customers suited & given
'fits' or no sale." His iron, or goose, has a gooseneck handle. Cabbage refers to the cloth leftover after making a garment.
This material belonged to the patron, and the valentine mocks tailors for stealing it from their customers. 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: On cabbage fed, / Blue, white and red, / (What patriots are decked in), / The tailor's goose has no excuse / Its duty
for neglecting. / So fed and taught, it surely ought, / Its nest of broadcloth rolled in, / No eggs e'er lay, by night or
day / But the heaviest of golden.
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Tailors -- Caricatures and cartooons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.70.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 2.20 |