| Title |
A Bag of Wind. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of Songs, 60 Chatham Street, New-York. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The image depicts a man with his forehead labeled "impudence." He wears a necktie, a jacket with tales, and slim trousers.
He sucks air out of a yellow bag labeled "gas."
|
| Notes |
Text: Some are pinched the wind to raise, / But you've enough to blow your praise; / While such a bag of wind you share, /
You cannot die for want of air.
|
|
Cf. 1.29. |
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Conversation -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Pride and vanity -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.28.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 1.28 |
