| Title |
China Merchant. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The china merchant wears a red coat with tails, a cravat, and trousers. He has an exaggerated, long nose and bucked teeth.
He sits over a table with numerous pieces of china, including wine glasses, vases, mugs, and jugs.
|
| Notes |
Text: With what an intellectual face, / This crockery dealer here we trace -- / Like his china, how he glistens, / When he
finds a soul that listens. / Booby, take your wares and glass / Out of sight -- don't be an ass; / If a Valentine you wish,
/ View yourself in every dish.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Porcelain -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Ugliness -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Merchants -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.81.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 2.31 |
