A Dirty Whelp! American wit and humor. Cleanliness -- Caricatures and cartoons. Hygiene -- Caricatures and cartoons. A thin man sits in a washtub. He holds a large bar labeled "Soap." Text: Go wash yourself! You dingy whelp, / With grime and filth you’re fairly blue; / Take lots of soap and pumice-stone, / The dirt has struck you thro’ and thro’ / And if to lose so much in weight / Should make you thin, or give you cold, / Console yourself, for what comes off / Can for manure be quickly sold! Provenance: Helfand, William H.. [S.l. : s.n.] [between 1840 and 1880?] Caricatures and cartoons. Comic valentines. digitool:77556 Comic Valentines, 14.36