You poor pen driver, with your inky fingers, | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Title	You poor pen driver, with your inky fingers,
Publisher	[S.l. : s.n.]
Date	[between 1840 and 1880?]
Description	A man sits at a desk, writing with a quill pen. His eyes are closed and his nose has fallen into his inkpot, suggesting his work is exhausting.
Notes	Text: You poor pen driver, with your inky fingers, / Constant drudgery still o'er you lingers, / The plan of your future I plainly can see, / A slave to your books and bottle you'll be.
Genre	Caricatures and cartoons.
	Comic valentines.
Subject	American wit and humor.
	Sleep -- Caricatures and cartoons.
	Clerks -- Caricatures and cartoons.
	Cleanliess -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Has format	TMP.objres.104.jpg
Provenance	Helfand, William H..
Identifier	Comic Valentines, 17.13

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