| Contributor |
Sheridan, Richard, 1751-1816. Duenna. |
| Title |
Big Heart but not a Red. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The valentine shows a man with a heart-shaped torso. He wears a green cap, and he points to a sign on his chest that reads
" 'Not a Red' Besides!" The text is a parody of Sheridan's "The Duenna." The border features matches, a heart-shaped beet,
and cherubs playing tennis and tug o' war. The label on the matchbox reads "Red-headed matches go off easy," and the beet
is marked "D.B." [i.e. "dead beat" or "dead beet"].
|
| Notes |
Text: No heart is mine "for falsehood framed," / But honest, large, and true, / And ready, (when the day is named,) / For
transfer unto you. / The red, red blood that doth imbue / Its palpitating tides / Is all I have to offer you-- / I've "nary
red" besides!
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Courtship -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.45.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 1.45 |
