The Rum-Cask. American wit and humor. Rum -- Caricatures and cartoons. Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Caricatures and cartoons. A rum-casket has a human face that looks drunk. It reclines and holds a glass of rum. The border features a woman embracing a man; the pair resemble Commedia dell'arte characters. At the bottom is a pack of matches marked "Lucifer's matches." Text: Permit me this remark to make / To you, old Keg of rum -- / Spirits another flight may take / Than up to "Kingdom come." Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. [S.l. : s.n.] [between 1840 and 1880?] Caricatures and cartoons. Comic valentines. digitool:6079 Comic Valentines, 9.15