| Title |
Clerk. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The clerk wears a coat and trousers. He sits on a tall stool at a tall desk, and his feet hang far from the floor. |
| Notes |
Text: To count the dollars, cents, and mills, / For that alone you're fit, / Devoid of common decency, / Or any show of wit.
/ Think you I'd hug a man's effigy, / Or to his love incline? / I'd sooner court a bag of mush, / To be my Valentine.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Clerks -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Stature -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.83.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 2.33 |
