Details
Title You may sing psalms with sanctimonious face,
Publisher [New York] : T.W. Strong, New-York.
Date [between 1840 and 1880?]
Description A man prays in a church pew. A small devil has his arm around the man. Behind him are two women parishioners.
Notes Text: You may sing psalms with sanctimonious face, / And lift your eyes with such a virtuous leer / Who trusts in you will only meet disgrace -- / Disgrace that's everlasting too, I fear. / Hypocrites like rotten fish will shine, / The devil only is your Valentine.
"118"
Genre Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject American wit and humor.
Hypocrisy -- Religious aspects -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Devil -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Has format TMP.objres.624.jpg
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier Comic Valentines, 13.23