Country Storekeeper.
American wit and humor.
Social classes -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Merchants -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Country life -- Caricatures and cartoons.
The storekeeper daintly holds a napkin in one hand and pours coffee on the table with the other. He is thin, has thick catfish-like whiskers, and opens his mouth either yelling or shocked. A vase and a book are on the counter in front of him. A "codfish" was a wealthy New Englander whose family fortune originated in maritime business.
Text: Magnificent merchant! you much I admire, / O! you prince of the counter -- you odd fish! / No doubt in the future I'll see you aspire / To a place 'mong the regular codfish.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
[S.l. : s.n.]
[between 1840 and 1880?]
Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
digitool:5734
Comic Valentines, 3.7