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Title Hurra! for the races, I'm off on my steed.
Publisher [S.l. : s.n.]
Date [between 1840 and 1880?]
Description A sailor sits cross-legged and holds scissors. A large cabbage is visible under his seat. "Cabbage" refers to the cloth leftover after making a garment. "Goose" is a name for an iron, whose name comes from its goose-neck handle. "Nine mean agianst one" references the saying that nine tailors equal one man.
Notes Text: Hurra! For the Races, I’m off on my steed. / I’ll lift all the Sweepstakes when put to my speed. / Nine men against One, who would hope to eclipse / A Tailor who’s armed with tapes, yard stick & snips. / I’m sharp as my needle, and not to be done / Of my Cabbage which follows where ever I run. / Tho’ the thimble-rig fellows, may try to humbug, / I’ll shoulder my lap-board, and sit on my rug. / In defiance of all whether light laced or loose / Who objects to a Tailor for riding his Goose.
Genre Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject American wit and humor.
Tailors -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Masculinity -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Caricatures and cartoons.
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Provenance Helfand, William H..
Identifier Comic Valentines, 15.3